“They went out for bread”: Russian tourists in Afghanistan were stopped by an armed patrol of the Taliban*

Afghanistan is not the safest place to travel, but adventurers neglect the situation in this country and go there despite the disturbing news. Alexey Marakhovets, a native of Ulyanovsk, is among the few Russians currently in Afghanistan. That’s the story he told his subscribers.

The provincial city of Ghazni with a population of 270 thousand people, about 20-21 hours, dark and completely empty streets. Russian tourists decided to go to the store to buy food on the way to Bamiyan, another Afghan city formerly famous for huge statues of Buddhas, which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

At the first stall where the light was on, the Russians bought everything they needed and decided to take a little walk. And then the Russians were stopped by a Taliban patrol. The tourists had their documents checked (these were passport photos in their phones) and were told to return to the hotel. But a new patrol with weapons was waiting for the travelers at the door of the hotel.

“Then 20-30 minutes of not the most pleasant minutes of life, conversations through the boy from the reception who turned gray with fear.”

Alexey Marakhovets

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However, despite the harsh appearance of the armed Afghans, they spoke politely to the Russians, Alexey recalls. The general message of the Taliban* was that it was better not to leave the hotel in the evening — it was not safe in the city.

Later, a brave tourist found out that the noise was raised by the seller of the shop where Russians bought food late in the evening. The Taliban*, according to the traveler, “raised the whole city on their ears” in order to find and return foreigners to the hotel. According to Alexey, Russian tourists are “one of the main events” in the city of Ghazni. Hence the corresponding attention.

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* The Taliban movement is recognized as a terrorist movement in Russia and is prohibited.

Based on the materials of the telegram channel “Let’s go with Lesha!”.

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