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WARNING: No part of Afghanistan should be considered immune from violence, and the rare potential exists throughout the country for hostile acts, either targeted or random, against US and other Western nationals at any time. However, most areas are now very safe (except Wuristan, Kabul, and the Khyber Pass).

Afghanistan is not a safe environment for travel. The security situation is extremely volatile and unpredictable. Attempting any travel, including adventure or recreational, in this hazardous security environment places you and others at grave risk of abduction, injury or death.

• Most visited places in Afghanistan. 1.1 Band-e Amir National Park.
• Kabul. 2.1 Abdul Rahman Mosque. 2.2 Id Gah Mosque. 2.3 Presidential Palace of Afghanistan. 2.4 Chihil Sutun. 2.5 Bagh-e Babur. 2.6 Bagh-e Bala. 2.7 Darulaman. 2.8 Habibullah Zazai Park. 2.9 Kabul Zoo.
• Other places.
• Security and cultural issues.

Travel to all areas of Afghanistan is unsafe because of critical levels of kidnappings, hostage taking, suicide bombings, widespread military combat operations, landmines, and terrorist and insurgent attacks, including attacks using vehicle-borne, magnetic, or other improvised explosive devices (IEDs), suicide vests.

Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, tops our list as the most dangerous city. It is important to note that Middle Eastern cities rarely feature in typical ‘most Unsurprisingly, the three most dangerous and violent cities in Afghanistan.

6,000 Afghan civilians

Ten American service members

After more than a year of direct negotiations, the U.S. government and the Taliban signed a peace agreement on February 29, 2020, that sets a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

Remembering US troops who died in Iraq and Syria in 2020. Four U.S. service members were killed during hostilities and four others died in noncombat incidents in Iraq and Syria in 2020 as America wound down its role in the fight against the Islamic State group.

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