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Originally Posted by Gotan
Hello there!
My grirlfriend and I are doing a 1 (or 2) years RTW trip on a KLR650, now we are in Istambul trying to figure out how to get the visas to do the Pamir Highway.
We meet here some Afghan guys who tell us from Kabul to the north it is safe, so we are planing to go there, but...
I was looking information here about Afghanistan and only found old reports...
Has anyone done it like in the last year?
Does any of you guys know if its a problem to be 2up with my GF?
My Afghan friend suggested me to get married with my GF, but that´s out of the question hahaha
Buenas rutas and thanks a lot
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I drove across Afghanistan in 2009, from Pakistan, over the Khyber Pass, Jalalabad, Kabul, Bamiyan, Mazar, Andkhoi to Turkmenistan, then back in to Herat and on to Iran.
I have contacts in Afghanistan and a friend of mine runs a travel company which makes several organised trips there each year. I mention this to differentiate myself from someone who will tell you not to go to Afghanistan based on their television-watching experience.
To be honest, it sounds like you have done very little research. What would be your route? The border with Pakistan is closed to outsiders as far as I know... where do you plan to go?
Ride two-up with your girlfriend / wife / brother... whatever, it doesn't matter. You are very obviously a foreigner in an area where you have no idea about the safety situation (it is very difficult to know who thinks what and where).
I think it is better to avoid Afghanistan, but I can give you some contacts if you seriously want to do it. However it would be in and out from the border with Uzbekistan at Termiz, as there are no other borders which these days can be considered safe.
2014 was not the best year for Afghanistan travel... 2015 will most likely be worse.
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Last edited by eurasiaoverland; 15 Jan 2015 at 22:29.
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