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Also known as kupkari, ulak tartysh, kokpar

Buzkashi () is the most favored sport of Afghanistan. It is a traditional sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal. Similar games are known as kokpar, kupkari, and ulak tartysh in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

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  • Afghanistan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Pakistan
  • United States
  • Rules and variations
  • Afghanistan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan
  • In popular culture
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Buzkashi () is the most favored sport of Afghanistan. It is a traditional sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal. Similar games are known as kokpar, kupkari, and ulak tartysh in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

thumb|right|upright=1.35|Game of buzkashi in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan thumb|right|upright=1.35|Playing Kokpar by Franz Roubaud

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