An amazing-grandfather who runs a tour firm providing holidays to Afghanistan has hit out at prospects who're demanding their a reimbursement following a Taliban ambush final yr.
Geoff Hann, 79, has run Hinterland Journey from his dwelling in Brighouse, West Yorkshire for the reason that 1970s and has taken holidaymakers on journeys to nations corresponding to Syria, Pakistan and Iraq.
He additionally runs the world's solely bus tour of Afghanistan, taking vacationers across the battle torn nation as much as 4 instances a yr.
Nice grandfather Geoff Hann from West Yorkshire who runs a tour firm providing holidays to Afghanistan
Nonetheless, final yr one in every of his tour events was attacked within the Afghan province of Herat after militants used rockets to assault the vacationers, who had been being escorted by an Afghan military convoy.
They managed to dive behind a wall as their bus went up in flames and had been later rescued by the police.
Mr Hann himself suffered shrapnel wounds and one other 5 of the 12 holidaymakers had been severely injured within the capturing.
Now it's believed a few of these injured have been demanding they're refunded for the journey after dealing with close to dying.
Final yr one in every of his tour events was attacked within the Afghan province of Herat after militants used rockets to assault the vacationers, who had been being escorted by an Afghan military convoy. Pictured is without doubt one of the injured vacationers
However Mr Hann, who leads the journeys unarmed, has hit out and branded those that are complaining concerning the journey tough.
He informed the Mirror: 'The purchasers have been very tough about it.
'They blame me and wish their a reimbursement however I did not bloody shoot them, did I?
'It annoys me. How many individuals go on vacation and get shot by the Taliban? They will dine out on that story for years.'
Mr Hann claims to have greater than 40 years of expertise within the journey journey trade and organises journeys to nations together with Iraq and Afghanistan.
The corporate web site states that the agency is 'repeatedly re-visiting Afghanistan after the years of Worldwide and Inside battle on this starkly lovely nation.'
It goes on to acknowledge 'inner dissension' within the 'desperately poor' nation, however provides that it's 'on the slicing fringe of journey tourism.'
Journeys to Afghanistan are marketed from £three,200 on the web site.
The burned out car utilized by the tour. These on board survived after they managed to dive behind a wall as their bus went up in flames and had been later rescued by the police
However regardless of the final yr's assault Mr Hann nonetheless has journeys to Afghanistan deliberate for this yr.
He plans to take 4 excursions to the battle torn nation in addition to three events to Iraq.
Mr Hann claims the International Workplace needs to dam the excursions, however he provides: 'However they can not.
'All I need is to present folks freedom to maneuver about in restricted areas. They are not stopping me now.'
Mr Hann claims to have greater than 40 years of expertise within the journey journey trade and organises journeys to nations together with Iraq and Afghanistan. He's pictured visiting ruins in Iraq in 2015
Mr Hann, aged 79, claims the International Workplace needs to dam the excursions, however he provides: 'However they can not'
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