Cockfight Takes Place In A Hidden Arena Behind A Shop Of The Central Bazaar, Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan

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Cockfight Takes Place In A Hidden Arena Behind A Shop Of The Central Bazaar, Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan. Afghans always had a passion for bloodsports. Banned as un-Islamic during the Taliban Regime, the roosters fighting brutally are a pastime for Afghans who bet for the winning birf and forget for some time the hardship of their lives.

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Size: 5459px × 3639px
Location: Mazar-i-Sharif (Mazar-e Sharif), Balkh Province, Afghanistan
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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