Tajik rider Malika Rajabova is used to being the only woman on the field when she plays buzkashi, a Central Asian sport in which competitors on horseback fight to grab a goat carcass.
She says some men have told her she shouldn’t play, but that has only heightened her motivation to win. See the video here
Rahmon’s unannounced visit from August 15-18 marked his first to the region since at least…
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