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18 die in Kabul hotel attack

Taliban Claims Responsibility

18 die in Kabul hotel attack

Nine militants who targeted a Kabul hotel in a suicide attack killed nine other people today, ... read more

Taliban gunmen storm Kabul Intercontinental Hotel

At least 7 killed in Kabul hotel attack

Taliban gunmen storm Kabul Intercontinental Hotel

At least six Taliban gunmen and bombers attacked a famous Kabul hotel where senior Afghan ... read more

Discover Afghanistan in London

Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World

Discover Afghanistan in London

LONDON, England - The British Museum in London is exhibiting important archaeological ... read more

UN marks 10th anniversary of Buddha statues' destruction in Afghanistan

Barbaric Destruction Of Statues Remembered

UN marks 10th anniversary of Buddha statues' destruction in Afghanistan

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the destruction of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan, in ... read more

Suicide bombing attack in Kabul

Afghan Attack

Suicide bombing attack in Kabul

NEW YORK, New York - A suicide bomber struck in the early afternoon at a supermarket in the ... read more

Rising opium prices threaten campaign against Afghan drug production

Drug Production In Afghanistan

Rising opium prices threaten campaign against Afghan drug production

Rising opium prices may encourage farmers in Afghanistan to plant more of the narcotic crop, the ... read more

Fully rebuilding tourism in Bamiyan still a distant dream

Building Tourism Industry In Afghanistan

Fully rebuilding tourism in Bamiyan still a distant dream

By Sardar Ahmad

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — Two empty niches facing over a lush green valley towards the ... read more

Pamir Airways plane with 44 on board crashes in Afghanistan

Passenger Plane Crashes In Afghanistan

Pamir Airways plane with 44 on board crashes in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, ... read more

New tourist guest house opens in Afghan Panjshir province

Afghanistan Aims To Develop Tourism Industry

New tourist guest house opens in Afghan Panjshir province

By 2nd Lt. Jason Smith

PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Panjshir province, Afghanistan, is known for its scenic ... read more

Safi Airways appoints Airworld Alliance as general sales agent for the United States & Canada

International Airline Of Afghanistan

Safi Airways appoints Airworld Alliance as general sales agent for the United States & Canada

By eTN Staff Writer

Safi Airways with airline code "4Q" is pleased to announce the appointment of Airworld Alliance ... read more

Putting the country back on the tourist map

Afghanistan

Putting the country back on the tourist map

Band-E-Amir National Park, Afghanistan - Big dreams are reflected in the azure-hued shimmer of ... read more

Tourism recuperates into booming industry in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Tourism recuperates into booming industry in Afghanistan

KABUL - Sitting on the bank of Qarga Lake west of Kabul and playing with his kids, Ahmad Rashid ... read more

Polish travel agency takes tourists to Afghanistan

Afghanistan Tour Anyone?

Polish travel agency takes tourists to Afghanistan

By mercurynews.com

WARSAW, Poland — A Polish travel agency has offered a special package tour for the intrepid ... read more

Three-year-olds abandoned at UK ports

Orphans

Three-year-olds abandoned at UK ports

By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador

Reports emerged last week that children as young as three have been found abandoned at UK ports ... read more

Keeping Afghanistan's tourists safe

Afghanistan

Keeping Afghanistan's tourists safe

By time.com

The lines between the Afghanistan at war and the Afghanistan at peace alter daily. Cities ... read more

Turkey readies for international air show

Turkey Tourism

Turkey readies for international air show

By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador

ISTANBUL, Turkey (eTN) - The 9th of the traditional ölüdeniz Air Games Festival, organized by ... read more

ExpressJet Airlines donates assets to assist US Veterans returning From Iraq and Afghanistan

Airline Finds Silver Lining

ExpressJet Airlines donates assets to assist US Veterans returning From Iraq and Afghanistan

By eTN

HOUSTON, TX (September 2, 2008) - When skyrocketing fuel costs forced ExpressJet Airlines to ... read more

Tough sell: Touring audacious Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Tough sell: Touring audacious Afghanistan

Sanjeev Gupta thinks it's about time war-torn Afghanistan had a tourism industry in a peaceful ... read more

Getting tourists to Afghanistan's Grand Canyon

Afghanistan

Getting tourists to Afghanistan's Grand Canyon

It takes eight bone-shaking hours on a dirt track road to reach Afghanistan's first national ... read more

Minister: Afghanistan to gain twelve airports in five years

Afghanistan

Minister: Afghanistan to gain twelve airports in five years

By Burkhard Herbote / eTN Germany

On May 31, the Kabul Times reported that Afghanistan’s Minister of Transport and Civil ... read more

Country within a country – Taliban in Northwest Pakistan

Pakistan

Country within a country – Taliban in Northwest Pakistan

By Shaheen Buneri l The Media Line for eTurboNews

Swat, Pakistan (eTN) - It was November 2007. Thousands of people were desperately trying to ... read more

Kidnappers of Austrian tourists demand withdrawal of country's troops from Afghanistan

Austria

Kidnappers of Austrian tourists demand withdrawal of country's troops from Afghanistan

VIENNA, Austria: Austrian radio reported Monday that Islamist militants holding two Austrian ... read more

Tajikistan:  New player on the tourist bloc

Tajikistan tourism

Tajikistan: New player on the tourist bloc

By Hazel Heyer l Special to eTurboNews

On the Great Silk Route, Tajikistan jumps on the tourism bandwagon of destinations in Central ... read more

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