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The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

abcnews.go.com The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

A Taliban-run tourism and hotel management institute has opened its doors to students

The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

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any place where 50% of the population is treated as meat is not a place any human should purposefully go.
- This is cannibal erasure and you should feel bad

"Come to Afghanistan for the food! Stay because now you can't leave, you American infidel"
- The food is really good though
  
  I’m lucky enough to live in a place with a solid number of Afghan expats. Can confirm they make some delicious food.

Real shame they blew up those statues of Buddha. Those might have draw in some tourists. :|
- Natural selection though
  
  Hmm? What does evolutionary fitness have to do with the barbarians destroying art they had no hope of imitating that honors a philosophical achievement that no random pedophile warlord could even hardly grasp?

Who DOESN'T want to visit a bloodthirsty theocratic warlord-state?
- Well, plenty of people vacation in America
  
  Hey! I don't think we have warlords here by the strict definition of the term.
  
  As bad as the US can be, it's not even close.

i think just remembering not to throw acid at women would help.
- I thought this was an India thing..

"Come to Afghanistan! Enjoy our wonderful mus- Shop for fashionable cl- Enjoy our historic sculpt- We play a game that's kind of like polo with a goat carcass, check it out!"

Yeah, see this is why it's important to have a project plan beforehand. If we'd known "tourism" was on the roadmap we'd have done a few things differently.

Hell no

Honey! We can go to Afghanistan where we can live out my dream of you being human cattle!?
- Chattel

If you ever feel like your job is difficult keep in mind there is someone with this job.
- This is the making of a funny TV show shot like flight of the conchords
  
  Think we can sell an animated series version to Netflix that they cancel after a boycott and no one binging it in one day after only 8 episodes?

Borat Trilogy confirmed. How amazing if Sacha went over in disguise.

Looking for something to do?
You can throw the first stone for only $9.99.

Maybe they can let tourists throw the first stone. I’m sure that would appeal to a niche demographic underserved by the tourism market.

Wasn't there some influencer who went there last year to prove he was safer there than in the West and they murdered him?
- The Onion?
  
  Found it - Miles Routledge, and he wasn't murdered, "just" captured and held prisoner by the Taliban for eight months.

I heard they don't even chop off your head anymore! I was floored! They only scratch it a little now. It's like that Catholic thing where they mark the doors red and they mark their forehead with ashes. But they do run you over and stone you. It's an improvement.

Guessing men only?

the word woo makes me think Muhammad is going to suck my dick
- Who needs Muhammed when the Taliban are lining up to suck capitalisms dick?
  
  No, no, don't worry, they're attracting Chinese tourists and selling the nation's mineral rights to Chinese corporations, so it's actually Socialism With Chinese Characteristics.

They should launch a brutal attack on Israel to get everyone on their side
- Literally no one is thinking like that. This is a construct of the zionist brain.

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