James isn’t alone in his ambitions. In 2006, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a coalition of development organizations that operates across Central and South Asia and the Middle East, began to develop its own tourism-promotion plans for Afghanistan. Among other projects, it, in partnership with the German government’s development agency, mapped scenic backpacking routes and produced a glossy, photo-filled brochure of recommended treks. Today AKDN continues to train guides in the country’s central highlands and northeastern regions.
–snip– During my time working in Afghanistan for the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2009, I took three weeks to travel through the Wakhan with some colleagues. A brochure on trekking in the Wakhan Valley, published by AKDN in 2006 with support from the German government, was our inspiration and principal source of information.
via A Tourist in Afghanistan – By Nick Horne | Foreign Policy.
Ismailimail 