The Taliban want more foreign tourists to visit Afghanistan
Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run tourism training institute.
One student is a model. Another is 17 and has no job history.
They are all men — Afghan women are banned from studying beyond sixth grade — and they don't know anything about tourism or hospitality. But they are all eager to promote a different side of Afghanistan. And the Taliban are happy to help.
Afghanistan’s rulers are pariahs on the global stage, largely because of their restrictions on
