Local sources say that Fahim Mokhtar, a 23-year-old buzkashi player, has died after falling from his horse during a buzkashi competition in Badakhshan Province.
Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Thursday, November 12, that the incident occurred earlier today during a buzkashi competition.
According to the sources, Fahim Mokhtar died after falling from his horse.
The incident comes less than a month before the Afghan Buzkashi Premier League is scheduled to begin in Kabul.
Sources also say that a Taliban-affiliated armed man was killed the previous day during a clash over buzkashi near the site of Thursday’s incident.
