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SPORTS
•Afghans love to play sports like wrestling and soccer Only men are allowed to play the sports •The traditional sport is buzkashi. Teams of horsemen compete to see who can carry the headless carcass of a calf from a circle to a spot a few hundred feet away and return it to the circle. Any player in possession of the calf will suffer all manner of abuse to make him drop it, sometimes even from his own teammates who may want the game prolonged.
•Al-Jazeera was perceived as Bin Laden's voice•when it broadcast taped interviews with him and others of the al-Qaeda terrorist group. •Major supplier to Western media of TV footage •By far the most international of the Arabic-language broadcasters, reaching 35 million viewers in 20 countries.
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