The Afghan War

on February 21, 2008 by admin

The Afghan WarWhen asked why he also had to cover Afghan War, that’s beyond Malaysia and Brunei, he said: “Since Malaysia and Brunei are peaceful (without any major news-breaking events) my chances of being sent to cover major events and hard news in Asia is greater as I am in Asia. In our terms we call it a fireman job.”

The fireman job he was referring to is his job as a photographer who covers hard news. He had to be prepared at all times to rush to any news-breaking event within Asia as and when required. “I have witnessed and covered the fall of a Filippino president and the Indonesian mass reform movement which culminated in the fall of President Suharto.”

“I have also covered major sporting events like the Sydney Olympic Games, Athens Olympic Games, Islamic Solidarity Games in Mecca, Busan Asian Games, F1 Grand Prix Championship in Melbourne and various international sporting events in Kuala Lumpur.” quipped Zainal when asked what are among the major events he has covered.

His favourite genre of photography is sport. It’s little wonder he was always chosen to cover international main sporting events. His sports photographs are excellently composed and precisely timed to show the peak of the action as well as the artistic side of the sports photography that we rarely find in the ordinary sport pictures.

An Afghan girl looks back during an assembly in Kabul.

A French soldier overlooks Kabul.

US soldiers patrol past poppy fields near Kandahar.

A money trader waves his money at a currency market in Kandahar.

AFGHAN

on January 16, 2003 by Zainal

Afghan street children study at a class set up by NGO’s in Kabul January 16, 2003. In Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, more than 50,000 children are working in shops and factories, with the majority of them sent to work by their parents in order to help their families survive.