No matter how long or hard my day has been, I know it’s been better than Ghulam Nabi Farahi’s. He has what is surely the toughest job in the world: Deputy Minister for Administration, Finance, and Tourism, working in the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture. I’ve written about Afghan tourism slogans before (twice, actually). [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ministry of Tourism’
Top 10 Afghan tourism slogans
Posted in Deeply cynical, tagged Afghanistan, Coalition, history, insurgency, Kabul, Ministry of Tourism, NTM-A on 13 Oct 2010 | 2 Comments »
Gaining the momentum
Posted in Cautiously optimistic, tagged Afghanistan, ant, bowling ball, insurgency, ISAF, Kabul, Ministry of Tourism, momentum, victory on 7 Feb 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Afghanistan: Not deteriorating! This is another slogan the Afghan Ministry of Tourism probably doesn’t need. But ‘not deteriorating’ is REALLY good news for a country that – less than a year ago – seemed to be in a death spiral. Yesterday morning, the Stars and Stripes ran an article by Julian Barnes of the Chicago Tribune, quoting GEN McChrystal, [...]
The bigger concern
Posted in Deeply cynical, tagged Afghanistan, ANP, corruption, CSTC-A, insurgency, Kabul, Ministry of Tourism, NTM-A on 22 Jan 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Afghanistan: Less corrupt than Somalia! That’s not exactly the kind of slogan the Afghan Ministry of Tourism wants, but unfortunately, that’s the best they can do. According to Transparency International, Afghanistan is the second-most corrupt country on the planet. Only Somalia is worse. Haiti is a whopping eight spots higher on the list. And [...]
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