Afghanistan's Taliban government hopes to grow tourism industry


By AGENCY
People on tourist boat rides at the Band-e-Amir National Park in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province. — Photos: AFP

By plane, motorbike, campervan and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travellers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was wracked by war.

And the country’s Taliban government, which seized power more than three years ago but has yet to be formally recognised by any other nation, is more than happy to welcome them.

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