The Taliban formerly used the Officers' Club Stadium for executions. Today, it plays host to weekly buzkashi matches. Afghanistan's national sport is played on horseback. One team of riders must carry a headless calf from one end of the field to the other. It is, typically, a very low-scoring game.
This winter, U.S. News & World Report photographer Jim Lo Scalzo drove the length of the U.S.-Mexican border from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego, Calif.
(3/10/06)
Yemen, an impoverished Muslim nation on the Arabian Peninsula, became a surprising U.S. ally in the wake of September 11. A look at the country and its people
(3/3/06)
