Playing paintball in Kabul

Published August 29, 2014
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
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
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 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
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 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 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.

Editorial

Ominous demands
Updated 18 May, 2024

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Property leaks
18 May, 2024

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Heat warnings
18 May, 2024

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...
Dangerous law
Updated 17 May, 2024

Dangerous law

It must remember that the same law can be weaponised against it one day, just as Peca was when the PTI took power.
Uncalled for pressure
17 May, 2024

Uncalled for pressure

THE recent press conferences by Senators Faisal Vawda and Talal Chaudhry, where they demanded evidence from judges...
KP tussle
17 May, 2024

KP tussle

THE growing war of words between KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi is affecting...