Playing paintball in Kabul

Published August 29, 2014
Men put on their uniforms before paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paintball involves participants geared up in helmets, goggles and protective clothing firing at each other using gas-powered guns that shoot paint pellets. — Photo by AP
Men put on their uniforms before paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paintball involves participants geared up in helmets, goggles and protective clothing firing at each other using gas-powered guns that shoot paint pellets. — Photo by AP
Abbas Rizaiy, the owner of the “Eagle” paintball club, unseen, talks to players in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
Abbas Rizaiy, the owner of the “Eagle” paintball club, unseen, talks to players in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
Men have a chat after playing a paintball game in Kabul, Afghanistan. The arrival of recreational paintball to Afghanistan may seem peculiar to outsiders, especially in a country that's known decades of war, faces constant bombings and attacks by Taliban.  — Photo by AP
Men have a chat after playing a paintball game in Kabul, Afghanistan. The arrival of recreational paintball to Afghanistan may seem peculiar to outsiders, especially in a country that's known decades of war, faces constant bombings and attacks by Taliban. — Photo by AP
A man aims his gas-powered gun at his opponents as he plays in a friendly game of paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan.
— Photo by AP
A man aims his gas-powered gun at his opponents as he plays in a friendly game of paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
men play paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. The games can be complicated affairs that last for hours, or as simple as a capture-the-flag contest that lasts only a few minutes. — Photo by AP
men play paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. The games can be complicated affairs that last for hours, or as simple as a capture-the-flag contest that lasts only a few minutes. — Photo by AP
A man aims his gas-powered gun at his opponents while playing paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
A man aims his gas-powered gun at his opponents while playing paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
A man walks after playing a friendly game of paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan.  — Photo by AP
A man walks after playing a friendly game of paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
A man with a gas-powered gun grabs a flag while playing a paintball game in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
A man with a gas-powered gun grabs a flag while playing a paintball game in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Photo by AP
A man puts on his glove before playing paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paintball involves participants geared up in helmets, goggles and protective clothing, firing at each other using gas-powered guns that shoot paint pellets. — Photo by AP
A man puts on his glove before playing paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paintball involves participants geared up in helmets, goggles and protective clothing, firing at each other using gas-powered guns that shoot paint pellets. — Photo by AP

Abbas Rizaiy, the owner of the “Eagle” paintball club, brought the game paint-balling to Afghanistan just a few weeks ago. He's a longtime fan of shooter video game “Call to Duty” and stepped up to the next level by playing paintball in neighboring Iran where he was born. He moved to Afghanistan 10 years ago and eventually decided to open the club this year in Kabul, and introduced paint-balling.

These are pictures of men playing paintball in Kabul, Afghanistan. Paintball involves participants geared up in helmets, goggles and protective clothing, firing at each other using gas-powered guns that shoot paint pellets. The games can be complicated affairs that last for hours, or as simple as a capture-the-flag contest that lasts only a few minutes.

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