Painful Images From Brutal Kabul Dog Fight Show Mutts Mauling Each Other In A Fight To Finish

A sport that the Taliban has already declared 'un-Islamic', the horrific Kabul dog fight is much worse than that.

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The fighting ring brings to the fore angry mutts that are urged on by their owners to take on other dogs in a fight to finish. The fight, that had once fizzled out, is once again resurfacing in the Afghan capital after the ouster of the Taliban by the US and the UK armies.

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The gruesome images show the Afghan mastiffs and hounds brutally taking on each other ?- a fight that usually earns the winner a reward in five figures!

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The fights are generally held every Friday during winter months - a tradition that believes that wounds heal faster in cold weather.?

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The fights, also, don't end in death. They are called off when either a dog is pinned to the floor or it chooses to run away from the fight.?

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This is truly distressing.?