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.
Sad though this is, I can’t help wondering why on earth people are visiting as tourists. Is it because it’s edgy? They want to boast to their friends? Now they are dead, someone has to sort out all the issues their murders have caused, and their families and friends are mourning their loss. All for a stamp in a passport.
A lot of people have a kind of weird fascination with very different societies. I’d love to visit Afghanistan, North Korea, and the Soviet Union (back when it existed), but I know that would be really, really stupid of me.
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