Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What country’s national sport, buzkashi, features players on horses trying to grab a goat carcass?"
Buzkashi was not banned, it certainly experienced a sharp decline due to reduced number of playing horses under the Taliban regime. Traditionally, games could last for several days, but in its more regulated tournament version, it has a limited match time.
Step 2 : Answer to the question "What country’s national sport, buzkashi, features players on horses trying to grab a goat carcass?"
Buzkashi is the national sport of Afghanistan. Similar games are known as kokpar, kupkari[ and ulak tartysh,in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and as kökbörü and gökbörü in Turkey, where it is played mainly by communities originally from Central Asia.
Step 3 : Other interesting facts related to the question "What country’s national sport, buzkashi, features players on horses trying to grab a goat carcass?"
Buzkashi may have begun with the nomadic Turkic-Mongol peoples who came from farther north and east spreading westward from China. During the rule of the Taliban regime, buzkashi was banned in Afghanistan, as the Taliban considered the game immoral. Game and Power in Afghanistan that "leaders are men who can seize control by means foul and fair and then fight off their rivals. The Buzkashi rider does the same".
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