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The attack on foreign nationals took place in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Some foreigners visit the site with the remnants of massive Buddhist statues mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan national were killed after gunmen in Afghanistan opened fire in central Bamyan province late on Friday, a Taliban spokesman said.

Another four foreigners and three Afghans were injured in the shootout, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani confirmed.

The wounded included citizens of Norway, Australia, Lithuania and Spain, according to the information provided by the hospital staff.

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[–] FlyingSquid 67 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I believe the Taliban supports (at least supported, after of course desecrating them) tourism to these sites, for what it’s worth.

Not that I’m gonna hop on a plane or anything.

[–] FlyingSquid 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's more of a "just because you can doesn't mean you should" situation.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

> Every country highly recommends against going to Afghanistan
> People go to Afghanistan > ... > Surprised Pikachu face...?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There is a German YouTuber doing a bike trip through Afghanistan right now. I wonder what he thinks right now after hearing about this lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

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[–] tangycitrus 3 points 5 months ago

People do stupid things for internet views.

[–] Stern 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/30/afghanistan-tourism-vacation-taliban/

They are hoping to make it a tourist spot but it wasn't going well before this, and certainly not going to get better now.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

"We want tourists!"

Tourists go to the country and get shot.

"All according to plan inshallah 👌"

[–] psmgx 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why tf are you going on tours in the AFG? 20 years of war and religious extremism isn't going to make the locals friendly to gringos

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

It's been going on for far longer than than that. Before the Americans it was the Russians. Before the Russians it was the British.

Afghanistan is the place where empires go to die.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This isn't going to go well for the Taliban's effort to increase tourism in Afghanistan.

[–] TechNerdWizard42 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why? Just a few hours ago 3 people were shot at a supermarket in the USA. There is much more gun violence (Edited from "fun violence! Lol), and RANDOM gun violence in the US than in Afghanistan today.

If you think 3 gun deaths is too many and should ban tourism, I agree! Prevent people from vacationing in the US until it's at least as safe as Afghanistan

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

America, putting the fun back into gun violence.