Selfie sticks and AK-47s: the surreal rise of Taliban tourism

Selfie sticks and AK-47s: the surreal rise of Taliban tourism

Patrick Leger for BI

Nolan Saumure, a 28-year-old Canadian YouTuber, walked into Afghanistan from Pakistan last summer. He spent a week traveling through the Taliban-controlled country with a local guide and a camera in an attempt to show what he called "the other side of Afghanistan" — the natural beauty, warm hospitality, and rip-roaring good times he says aren't depicted in Western media.

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