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Afghanistan a surprise best-seller destination for British travel agency
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A UK-based travel agency says their tours to Afghanistan have become their best-seller despite the British Foreign Office’s warning that travel to the country is “extremely dangerous”.
Speaking to The Independent, Dylan Harris, founder of Lupine Travel, said: “It’s the last place I expected to sell so well.”
Harris said Afghanistan has become their most popular destination and that “it’s actually safer to travel there now than it was before.”
He said: “Last month we put three trips on sale for next year. They sold out immediately.
“Now we’ve got eight trips next year and they’ve all completely sold out.
“There was always demand for it prior to the Taliban [takeover], but I think a lot of people were worried about safety. Whereas now people aren’t as concerned about the safety issue.
“The only thing: there’s a lot more red tape than there used to be. So every time we move from one city to the next, it’s a case of getting all the paperwork checked out.”
Officials from the Ministry of Information and Culture say that a large number of foreign tourists have visited Afghanistan in the past two years.
Mohammad Nabi, head of the tourism department of the Balkh Department of Information and Culture, says: “Tourists from different countries have visited Afghanistan and were very happy with their visit and the security situation in Afghanistan.”
Abdul Jabbar Noorzai, head of Herat Museum’s archive department, says: “In the past nine months, about 9,223 domestic and foreign tourists, as well as students from public and private schools, visited Herat Museum.”
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IEA supreme leader advises students to pursue religious and modern education
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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada addressed students while on a visit to Kandahar University, and emphasized the importance of pursuing both religious and modern education.
Addressing students he said: “You must pursue both religious and modern education, and your intention should solely be to serve religion, as society holds you in high regard. “Society values the madrassa, school, and university students, and expects service from them. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has good intentions for you. Schools and universities are now one, and the protection and support of both educational institutions are essential for us.”
Akhundzada added that Afghanistan is now under an Islamic and free system.
He further stated that his directives are derived from the Quran and Hadith, and are made in consultation with religious scholars.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the IEA’s deputy spokesperson, quoted Akhundzada as saying: “Amir al-Mu’minin added that the Islamic Emirate has facilitated all necessary means for the advancement of knowledge.”
The leader of the Islamic Emirate also urged the people to unite and emphasized that Afghanistan is the shared home of all, where every citizen holds a special place within the system.
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Afghan asylum-seeker drives into Munich crowd, hurts 28 in suspected attack
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Some 28 people were injured when a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd of people in Munich in what the state premier said was probably an attack on Thursday, as the German city prepared to host a top-level security conference.
Police in the southern city said a car approached police vehicles stopped by a demonstration held by the Verdi union before speeding up and hitting people.
The suspected attack throws security back into the spotlight before a federal election next week following several other violent attacks.
It also came hours before leading international figures, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, were in the city for the high-profile Munich Security Conference, which starts on Friday.
“It was probably an attack,” Bavaria state premier Markus Soeder told reporters.
Police said they had detained the driver and did not consider him to pose any further threat.
A passer-by said he witnessed the incident from a window of a neighbouring office building. The car, a Mini Cooper, had threaded its way between the police vehicles and then accelerated, he said.
Another witness said she had seen part of the incident from a building. The car had accelerated and hit several people in the crowd, she said.
People in the crowd were taking part in a strike held by the Verdi public sector workers’ union whose leader, Frank Werneke, expressed shock but said he had no further details.
Police set up a gathering point for witnesses in the Loewenbraeukeller, one of Munich’s oldest beer halls.
The incident occurred around 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) from the security conference venue.
(Reuters)
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Mullah Baradar meets Qatari Prime Minister
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Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, met with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Thursday during his visit to Qatar.
The two sides discussed Afghanistan-Qatar relations, economic cooperation, and investment opportunities, according to a statement from Baradar’s office.
The meeting highlights ongoing efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and foster economic collaboration between the two nations.
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