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Despite warnings over safety, foreign tourists are now starting to trickle into conflict-ravaged Afghanistan, welcomed by locals and the hardline Taliban regime. The Taliban says it wants people ...
[34] [35] Several foreign tourists have been kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan in the past. [36] Finding an honest and reliable tour guide is the key to safety in Afghanistan. In June 2022, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that "anyone" can visit Afghanistan for tourism, [ 37 ] and the Ministry of Information and Culture started ...
Afghanistan accepted the convention on March 20, 1979, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] As of 2022, there are two World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan, and a further four on the tentative list. [3] The first site listed was the Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam, in 2002.
Band-e Amir National Park (Dari: پارک ملی بند امیر; Pashto: د امیر بند ملي پارک) is located in the central Bamyan Province of Afghanistan.It was established on 22 May 2009 as Afghanistan's first national park to promote and protect the natural beauty of a series of intensely blue lakes created by natural dams high in the Hindu Kush. [2]
Outside the Salang Tunnel in 2009 Inside the tunnel in 2013. The Salang Tunnel (Dari: تونل سالنگ Tūnel-e Sālang, Pashto: د سالنگ تونل Da Sālang Tūnel) is a 2.67-kilometre-long (1.66 mi) tunnel located at the Salang Pass in northern Parwan Province of Afghanistan, about 90 km (56 mi) north of the nation's capital, Kabul.
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
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Istalif is the center of ceramics in Afghanistan and especially well-known for its unique turquoise color. The glaze to create the color comes from the ishkar plant, a desert plant found in Balkh, located in northern Afghanistan. [7] In Istalif, pottery can pass on several generations in the same family. [7] A shop in Istalif selling pottery.