Mountain Unity International

Mountain Unity International is a social enterprise set up to promote economic development in north east Afghanistan, with a focus on mountain tourism. The majestic Hindu Kush mountains have kept the local people safe from invasion since the days before Alexander the Great. The Wakhan Corridor offers a unique opportunity for climbers, trekkers and other mountain environment enthusiasts to safely visit the Afghan Hindu Kush and Pamir mountains.

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Afghan Logistics & Tours

An Afghan tour company offering a wide variety of travel experiences. Website.

A Tourist’s Afghanistan

World Hum Article; 10Dec09. Cullen Thomas recounts an independent traveler's time in the war-torn country.

Tourism in Afghanistan?

New American Article; 24Jul09. With the completion of a new Tourist Information Center in the isolated Bamiyan Valley, local officials, residents, foreign donors, and a handful of international aid agencies are hoping to attract visitors and their money to the area. The central province has long been considered one of the safest in Afghanistan, but the eight-hour drive over dirt roads and the land mines — not to mention the fighting currently ravishing the nation — could likely deter all but the most intrepid explorers.

Afghanistan Launches Offensive...for Tourism

AP Article, 07Jul09. BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center. 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.

A Tale of Two Countries: Tourism in Afghanistan

Pulitzer Center Article, 08Sep08. A visit to the country makes it clear that today, there are two Afghanistans: one at war, particularly in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, and another at peace, with levels of stability that vary from the jittery and paranoid Kabul to the carefree city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the north.