(30 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO ACCESS AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
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Kabul, Afghanistan – 25 May 2025
1. Wide of Kabul from a hilltop
2. Various of a market in downtown Kabul
VOICEOVER:
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"In a country where girls and women have been stripped of most of their rights, Afghanistan has become an unlikely tourist destination. One of the groups traveling to the country? Women.
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Kabul, Afghanistan – 28 May 2025
3. Various of female tourists take a selfie in front of Darul Aman Palace
4. Various of Moniry talking to tourists
5. Tour guide Somaya Moniry carrying a tote bag reading (English): ‘Travel to Afghanistan with female guides’
VOICEOVER:
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"Somaya Moniry is one of the first Afghan female tour guides."
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Kabul, Afghanistan – 4 June 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Somaya Moniry, tour guide:
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“Whenever I myself saw what the society says about Afghanistan or the media says about Afghanistan, all this negativity. It’s not all that. Yeah, there are, we can say they’re both. Also, the negativity and the positivity, both of them exists.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS – NO ACCESS AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
Kabul, Afghanistan – 28 May 2025
7. Various of Moniry and tourists looking at artefacts inside the National Museum of Afghanistan
VOICEOVER:
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"A few years ago, she was browsing the internet for help on improving her English language skills. She stumbled upon Couchsurfing, an app where travelers connect with locals and stay in their homes."
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Kabul, Afghanistan – 4 June 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Somaya Moniry, tour guide:
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“It was that time for the first time to meet foreigners, to meet travelers. I realized that if I show them around to give them information, like this can be tour guiding.”
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Kabul, Afghanistan – 28 May 2025
9. Various of female tour group meeting with young Afghans inside the museum
VOICEOVER:
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"Despite the Taliban takeover in 2021 and the crackdown on education for girls and women, the Afghan government has welcomed tourists, including women. 82-year-old Suzanne Sandral, from Australia, was part of Moniry’s women-only tour group in Kabul."
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Kabul, Afghanistan – 28 May 2025
10. Tourist Suzanne Sandral looking at Afghan artefacts inside the museum
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Suzanne Sandral, Tourist:
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"No, it’s not what I expected at all. I expected to feel rather fearful, I expected to be given a lot of accusatory looks, not at all.”
VOICEOVER:
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"Zoe Stephens is a British tour leader at Koryo Tours, a company specializing in unusual destinations."
ASSOCIATED PRESS – NO ACCESS AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
Kabul, Afghanistan – 28 May 2025
12. Various of tour leader at Koryo Tours, Zoe Stephens (left), in conversation with Suzanne Sandral inside the museum
ASSOCIATED PRESS – NO ACCESS AFGHANISTAN INTERNATIONAL
Kabul, Afghanistan – 4 June 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Zoe Stephens, tour leader at Koryo Tours:
VOICEOVER:
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