Where Only Daring Tourists Go: Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Where tourists go to relax? By HEIDI VOGT Associated Press Writer BAMIYAN, Afghanistan July 4, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center. Thousands of Marines press on with a massive new offensive to drive out Taliban. Even as troops fight militants in the south, government officials and donors in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan valley are training tour guides and teaching restaurateurs about customer service. It's an attempt to draw tourism and return one small part of Afghanistan to normalcy. The challenges are many — land... [read full story]                    

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