Viral promo invites Americans to vacation in Afghanistan

The video features a blend of acheronian comedy, views of the Afghan countryside, and subject visuals

A bizarre promotional video targeting American tourists and inviting them to question to Afghanistan has been released by a section circuit operator. The 50second clip opens with a mock hostage script earlier shifting to scenic lakes, rugged mountains, rifles, tanks, and outdoor meals.

The video, published implicit the play by the Raza Afghanistan tourism agency, rapidly went viral. Its merchandise is said to person been timed to coincide with US Independence Day connected July 4. The caption accompanying the station reads: "The mountains of Afghanistan are acceptable and dependable to big the astir of," and includes emojis of the US emblem and a bald eagle.

The opening country is reminiscent of Taliban hostage execution videos, featuring 3 hooded figures kneeling arsenic 1 combatant ominously declares: "We person 1 connection for America." Then, 1 of the hoods is removed, revealing a smiling antheral who gives a thumbsup and says: "Welcome to Afghanistan!"

The code abruptly shifts into a montage intercutting shots of tanks, pickup trucks carrying equipped fighters, lakeside swims with battle rifles, and Western visitors tasting Afghan cuisine successful colorful tents. One casually inspects a firearm marked "Property of US Government," quipping, "It's not adjacent connected safety."

Earlier this month, Russia officially recognized the Taliban arsenic the morganatic authorities of Afghanistan, becoming the archetypal state successful the satellite to found ceremonial diplomatic ties with the Islamist authorities successful Kabul.

Shortly after, media reports surfaced claiming that Russian circuit companies had begun advertizing trips to Talibanruled Afghanistan, with weeklong packages priced astatine astir 235,000 rubles ($3,000) and departures planned for midJuly.

However, Aleksan Mkrtchyan, vice president of the Alliance of Russian Travel Agencies, denied the claims, stating that bundle tours to the Islamic Emirate are intolerable owed to information concerns. He acknowledged however, that idiosyncratic question arrangements are possible, provided that tourists judge afloat work for their ain safety.

(RT.com)