Food truck trend offers Kabul a taste of the West

Success is even more impressive given that spiced dishes of lamb, mutton and rice still enjoy pride of place in the country's cuisine

When the first Lazeez food truck arrived in Kabul, many mistook it for a rickshaw and wanted to hail a ride - the yellow chassis and three wheels so reminiscent of taxis popular in South Asia.

But it took little time for the city's emerging middle class to embrace the novelty of canteens-on-wheels serving Western fast food around town.