Weightlifting was introduced to Afghanistan in the 1960s thanks to the international popularity of muscle-celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, it has become one of Afghanistan's most popular sports. The pinnacle of the country's bodybuilding competitions is the annual Mr. Afghanistan pageant, but smaller contests are held year-round. Above, a competitor flexes outside a regional bodybuilding contest held in Kabul on April 19.
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Kayvan Farzaneh is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy.
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ANTILLES
3:54 AM ET
April 23, 2010
They have fantastic physiques
They have fantastic physiques I wonder how far some of them could go if they were able to consume as many calories as the top professional Body builders.
It must be difficult training in a gym in that heat with nothing to cool you apart from fluids.
JBAYER
1:41 PM ET
April 23, 2010
What's top bodybuilder consumer?
3,500 - 4,000 calories per day?
WILDTHING
6:52 PM ET
April 23, 2010
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It is the iron pumped into the civilians that it the biggest problem...
WILLJ2K
7:35 PM ET
April 24, 2010
That man looks very weird, i
That man looks very weird, i wonder how much should i weigh.
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3:27 AM ET
May 9, 2010
Wow, what an impressive body
Wow, what an impressive body ! I wonder how he would look like with some Louis Vuitton stuff on him !