Kabul on Vice

  • VICE News

    Beasts of Burden

    VICE correspondent Gelareh Kiazand searches Kabul for illicit gambling rings where men bet on quail fights, buzkashi (it's like polo, but with a headless goat), and dog fights. But first she has to find Dardar, the only figure in Kabul's gambling world who can get our crew into the betting circle. Full story

    2013 Mar 5 VICE Staff News
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  • A Mercy Killing in Kabul

    Fifteen days ago, I saw the guy my cousin hired to kill my father. He was in a garden in Kabul. I was carrying a gun and I was walking down the street and I shot him and I killed him. A friend had offered me two, three guns to kill the guy but I only needed one. Full story

    2013 Jan 7 J. Malcolm Garcia News
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  • New Pictures From Afghanistan

    Photos by Chris Cole

    Seven years ago we ran a series of photographs by Jason Florio documenting life in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan just before the 2001 US-led invasion. Full story

    2008 Jul 2 Chris Cole; Interview: John James News
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