A 9-day highlights tour across Afghanistan including Balkh, Bamyan, Herat, and Kabul.
A 10-day overland journey recreating the famous Hippy Trail through Afghanistan of the 1970s from Herat to Kabul.
A 12-day highlights tour across Afghanistan including Balkh, Bamyan, Herat, Kandahar, and Kabul.
A 14-day overland journey across Afghanistan including Balkh, Bamyan, Ghor, Herat, Kandahar, and Kabul. This itinerary goes to almost every place accessible to tourists in the country.
My name is Sardar Samim and I am a guide and journalist fixer born and raised in Kabul. I have worked for many high-profile international media outlets since the Taliban took over the country, and have also been guiding tourists around Afghanistan for over 9 years. I have personally explored nearly every province of the country. I am fluent in English and Dari, with basic Pashto language skills and I cover all regions of Afghanistan.
In May 2021, travel writer Anna DeBattiste spent two weeks travelling around Afghanistan from Mazar-i-Sharif to Kandahar just before the Taliban took control.
On one hand, conflict-zone tourism can seem privileged and voyeuristic. However, on the other, conflict-zone travel can help shift perspectives as well as provide much-welcomed resources and networks for local communities.
With conflict-zone tourism on the rise, here are our editor’s top pointers to staying safe and travelling responsibly.
In 2018, the Mawoud Educational Centre, in Kabul, was the target of a suicide bombing causing the deaths of 48 people.
Noor is a beloved tour guide and travel company founder in Afghanistan. Here is his story.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, there have been reports of women’s rights being decimated. Despite this, there are people still travelling to Afghanistan and for the woman traveller we’ll guide you through travelling the country safely.