Mustafa Kazemi is an independent war reporter in Afghanistan covering the social and political turmoil in the region since 2010. He has done live coverage of major security incidents in Kabul on Twitter. Follow him @CombatJourno

Kabul iPhone Photos

Over the weekend, three young Afghans held their country's first iPhone photo exhibition titled, “Stolen Moments.”

The exhibition, which took place in Kabul, included more than 40 photographs of daily life taken with iPhones by various amateur photographers. Sulyman Qardash, the first Afghan to perform rock and rap songs, hosted the event with Orzala Nemat, and Sultana Lodin, both well-known activists and students.

Qardash says he and his two friends spent several weeks collecting the images, and the French Cultural Centre in Afghanistan provided the team with an exhibition hall, and assisted them with the printing. The hope, says Qardash, was that the photos would inspire the people in his country.

Qardash says he got the idea because he used to take photos with a professional camera. That attracted people’s attention and he felt the natural moment was lost. That's when he decided to use an iPhone to “steal those moments.” “I just wanted to take pictures and share the real and missing part of life in Kabul,” he says.

Qardash took many of the exhibition’s photos, including one of an old man holding a 150-centimeter-long piece of Afghani bread, titled “The Bread Revolution.”

If things go as planned, this won't be the last time the trio hosts such an event. Qardash hopes to expand the exhibition and is looking for funding to do so. The dream is that the event will spread around the world, and that they might one day have the honor selecting the world's best iPhone image.