Game fowl from Afghanistan, the centre of large asil outside Indian subcontinent Every Friday morning in the winter cockfights are held all around the country. Thousands of roosters, mostly inexpensive and second class are fought. For most spectators anything that can fight will be okay and as far as the gamblers are concerned the number of the fights makes the money not the quality of the birds. Fights are often to the death and with no time limits; it is a big business in a poor country where a birds well being is the last thing that comes to the mind. But at the very top level where ustads show their aces and fighters enter the battle perfectly prepared, everything else comes second by a distance to the birds. It's not about money, not even about defeating rivals of a lifetime. It's all about the birds, the finest fowl in the world, Afghani asil. Here in Afghanistan ockfighting is not only seen as the nature's way of selecting the best but also as human's way...