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Afghanistan a surprise best-seller destination for British travel agency
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.”
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced that it will continue providing its essential health services to the people of Afghanistan.
In a post on X, the organization, referring to Afghanistan’s health needs, said that over the past year it has been active in various health sectors across the country, ranging from maternal and child care to emergency response, as well as the treatment of patients suffering from tuberculosis and severe injuries.
According to MSF, its teams over the past year have been present at a range of health facilities, including neonatal intensive care units, operating theatres, surgical centers, and specialized tuberculosis treatment wards, where they have delivered life-saving services to patients.
The organization stressed that it will continue ensuring the provision of health services, particularly for needy families and vulnerable communities in remote areas of Afghanistan.
The Embassy of Afghanistan in Japan, currently run by diplomats of the previous government, has announced that it will suspend its operations in Tokyo after the end of January 2026.
In a statement issued on Friday, the embassy said the decision was made after consultations with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close coordination with Japanese authorities, and in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The embassy added that after January 31, all of its political, economic, cultural, and consular activities will be halted until further notice.
Currently, Shaida Abdali is serving as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Japan.
Sadin Ayyıldız, Chargé d’Affaires of the Turkish Embassy in Kabul, held a courtesy meeting with Zakir Jalali, the Second Political Deputy of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the start of his mission.
The Turkish Embassy in Kabul said in a post that the meeting included mutual exchanges of views on bilateral relations.
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