Submitted Anonymously
April 2009
Frothing at the mouth and tearing at each other with their teeth, this is the horrifying sight of camels being forced to fight for sport in Afghanistan.
The sport of camel-fighting is popular in the north of the war-torn country - right up there with dog-fighting and cock-fighting.
The pictures below were taken in 2008 in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of the Balkh province north of Kabul.
A crowd of male onlookers watching two camels tear one another apart before one is announced as the winner.
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