Guide to Afghanistan: The Adventures of a KL-ite (Part 1 – ‘9/11? What’s that?’)

Today is the launch of the online version of my multimedia documentary, Guide To Afghanistan: The Adventures of a KL-ite, which includes video and still photos. This is after TV news reports (for Astro AWANI) and a magazine feature article and photo essay (for Esquire). Radio and TV versions of the documentary are also in discussion. This launch is also in conjunction with the launch of a 10-part feature on The Malaysian Insider website, of which you can view part 1 here:

Guide to Afghanistan: The Adventures of a KL-ite
Part 1 of 10
9/11? What’s that?

Full Synopsis:
Zan Azlee, a Malaysian KL-ite journalist who has lived all his life in non-conflict zones, travels to Afghanistan to see if he can come up with the best travel guide for the country. With no idea what he is getting himself into, he dodges suicide bombers and IEDs, and even gets embedded with the army, to plan out the best tourist route in Afghanistan. This is a multimedia documentary produced by Fat Bidin Media and directed by solo-journalist Zan Azlee.

Click the thumbnails below to launch the photo essay.

: Kabul, Afghanistan

: A market in Kabul

: Women shopping in a Kabul market

: My fixer, Ahmad Bilal Raghbat, at a Kabul petrol kiosk

: A mobile phone credit vendor and money-changer on the streets of Kabul

: A mobile phone credit vendor and money-changer on the streets of Kabul

: A clothing store on Chicken Street, Kabul

: A kebab seller preparing for the day

: The youth of Kabul

: The writer, Zan Azlee, with an Afghan National Police (ANP) at the bomb-riddled Darul Aman Palace

: The bullet-riddled Darul Aman Palace

: A hillside neighbourhood on the outskirts of Kabul

: A young Afghan National Police (ANP)

: Children on the way to school in Kabul

: The infamous Ghazi Stadium in Kabul where the Taliban held public executions

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