Afghanistan receives over 8,000 foreign tourists in two years
More than 8,000 foreign tourists visited Afghanistan over the past two years, local media TOLOnews reported Saturday, citing a government official.
Foreign ministers from Russia, Germany, Iran and other countries, as well as EU’s foreign policy chief have joined Afghanistan’s president and other top officials at a UN meeting in Geneva to show support for the impoverished, war-battered country.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told the conference Wednesday that he wanted to “specifically recognise the commitment in blood and treasure that the United States has shown since 2001” in Afghanistan.
Ghani called the US its “key ally” and praised the Trump administration’s South Asia policy as a “game changer” for Afghanistan.
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Ghani, who faces an increasingly violent Taliban insurgency in recent months, presented his government’s efforts in areas like security, justice, women’s rights and anti-corruption.
He says: “We have a plan for reform, and we need your support to help implement it.
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