BuzkashiIn her book “Buzkashi,” Whitney Azoy, a former US Embassy officer in Afghanistan, responds to how the traditional game of Buzkashi demonstrates the lives of Afghans. The author tries to take active part in the daily life of Afghans to know more about the role of Buzkashi and corresponding achievements in the life of Afghans. Previously, when he was working as an officer, a friend had suggested that he familiarize himself with Buzkashi as an approach to learning about Afghans. The game of Buzkashi in Afghanistan dates back to the times when the Turco-Mongol peoples of the north and east played it. as part of their tradition. This game was especially popular in the north of the country because the northerners were skilled horsemen. However, nowadays, different ethnic groups such as Uzbeks, Hazaras, Kyrgyz, Kazakhs, Tajiks and Pashtuns play it. The author highlights three main dimensions of this game; Buzkashi as commemoration, Buzkashi as metaphor, Buzkashi as arena for political process. Buzkashi as a commemoration refers to how this game preserves the cultural heritage and traditional weight of the Afghan way of life along with its honor and masculinity. It's more than just a fun game. The word Buzkashi is also used metaphorically to refer to a chaotic situation in which everyone follows their own self-interest and ignores others. The use of the word is so widespread in most of the northern and eastern provinces of Afghanistan because the game has special popularity in these provinces. Based on the nature of the game which is all about power, agility and endurance, this game is used as a tool by some people who try to gain fame among people and gain respect. While some participants may play Buzkashi for fun, for others it means much more than just the fun it brings. For people looking to gain political power through this game, Buzkashi is a political survival game. There are two different ways to play Buzkashi; one is called tudabarai, the simple and informal one, which is almost an individual game with no total score institutionalized at the end of the game, and the other is called qarajai, a more complex form, which is formal with a team identification and character institutionalized. total score at the end of the game. However, these two types of Buzkashi share the same components such as horses, riders and carcass. Furthermore, there are four orders in this game; the first order is the rivalry to gain access to the calf carcass which then leads to a dispute of the second order of the game where there is a competition for control of the dispute.