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| A US Army Civil Affairs troop in Mazar-e Sharif has tea and cookies with the professors of the Balkh University in Mazar- Sharif. Sharing tea and cookies with family and friends is a traditional part of the Muslim holiday called Eid. (photos by SSgt. Cecilio Ricardo USAF) | A U.S. Army Civil Affairs troop in Mazar-e Sharif has tea and cookies with the professors of the Balkh University in Mazar- Sharif, Dec. 17, 2001. Sharing tea and cookies with family and friends is a traditional part of the Muslim holiday called Eid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) | A U.S. Army Civil Affairs troop in Mazar-e Sharif has shows a local Afghani child a picture on his digital camera while visiting his school during the celebration of Eid, Dec. 17, 2001. U.S. soldiers are providing assistance with the Humanitarian aid effort in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) |
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| A US Army Civil Affairs troop in Mazar-e Sharif says hello to a local Afghani child during the Muslim celebration of Eid. (photos by SSgt. Cecilio Ricardo USAF) | A U.S. Army Civil Affairs troop in Mazar-e Sharif says hello to a local Afghan child during the Muslim celebration of Eid, Dec. 17, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) | A rider, from Afghanistan, comes up with the calf carcass and tries to hold on while racing towards winner circle during a heated game of "Buzkashi" in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2001. BuzKashi, Buz meaning horns and Kashi meaning to pull, is a sport, in Afghanistan, where men on horseback and foot long whips with thickly padded boots struggle to pull an 80 pound calf carcass around a flag for 1 point or into a chalk whited circle for 2 points on a vast field. (U.S. Air Force photo by StaffSgt. Cecilio Ricardo) |
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| A rider, from Afghanistan, comes up with the calf carcass and tries to hold on while racing towards winner circle during a heated game of "Buzkashi" in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2001. BuzKashi, Buz meaning horns and Kashi meaning to pull, is a sport, in Afghanistan, where men on horseback and foot long whips with thickly padded boots struggle to pull an 80 pound calf carcass around a flag for 1 point or into a chalk whited circle for 2 points on a vast field. (U.S. Air Force photo by StaffSgt. Cecilio Ricardo) | Afghanistan riders forcefully use their horses to get a better position in which to reach the calf carcass during a heated game of Buzkashi in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2001. Once they reach the carcass, the next feat is to carry the 80 pound prize to its destination without dropping it. BuzKashi, Buz meaning horns and Kashi meaning to pull, is a sport, in Afghanistan, where men on horseback and foot long whips with thickly padded boots struggle to pull an 80 pound calf carcass around a flag for 1 point or into a chalk whited circle for 2 points on a vast field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) | An Afghani rider comes up with the calf carcass and tries to hold on while racing towards winner circle during a heated game of "Buzkashi" in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan on Dec. 18, 2001. BuzKashi, Buz meaning horns and Kashi meaning to pull, is an Afghani sport where men on horsback and foot long whips with thickly padded boots struggle to pull an eighty pound calf carcass around a flag for one point or into a chalk whited circle for two points on a vast field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) |