Kabul on Vice
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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
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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
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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
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