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| Blast targets Buzkashi game in Baghlan, at least 20 injured |
| 2014-11-19 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] An kaboom targeted a Buzkashi game in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least 20 people injured. The incident took place in Baghlan-e-Markazi district after a magnetic bomb planted in a vehicle exploded, local security officials said. The officials further added that three children and two coppers were among those injured following the blast. The incident took place while the local residents had gathered to watch the game, the officials said, adding that five people are at death's door. No group includig the Taliab turbans have so far grabbed credit behind the incident. Baghlan is among the relatively peaceufl provinces in nothern Afghaistan. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... the anti-government armed bully boy groups have recently increased to their insurgency activities in a number of its remote districts. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Buzkashi or kokpar (literally "goat bashing" in Turkic, buz is Turkic for "goat" and kashi "means bashing") is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat carcass toward a goal. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2014-11-19 15:11 |
| #1 What it was, was buzkashi. |
| Posted by: Ashraf Griffith 2014-11-19 08:27 |