article_snippet: Foreigners may picture Afghanistan as a hot, arid land thanks to images shown on television during a decade-plus war that followed the 9/11 attacks in America.
article_snippet: Afghanistan does have a high risk of avalanches, so on many days we have to stick to low elevations.
article_snippet: The Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan are one of the least explored ranges in the world .
article_snippet: Afghanistan is a melting pot of different religious and ethnic groups.
article_snippet: Whilst this is one of the reasons for Whilst troubled history Whilst is also why certain areas of Afghanistan can be perfectly safe, or at least no riskier than other Asian developing countries, to visit whilst others would be extremely dangerous.
article_snippet: It is Afghanistan after all.
article_snippet: However by the end of their trip their perception of Afghanistan has changed a lot.