Afghanistan: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 43
- Consulates
- 15
- missions abroad
- 61
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 0
Live & travel in Afghanistan
Monthly budget
$900/mo
Prices vs USA: 18%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 64.83 AFN
Internet access
16%
of people online
Air quality
37.9
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Uzbek, Turkmen, Arabic
Emergency
112 · 101 · 102
Plug types
Schuko, British and related types, Europlug
Calling code
+93
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Feb 19, 2026
2.4
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost4.9
- Safety2.3
- Internet access1.0
- Air quality1.0
- Climate3.0
SOS · Afghanistan112Restaurants, cafés and dishes in AfghanistanKabuli pulao · Falooda · Afghan salad · Bolani · Gosh-e fil
Government consensus
Do not travel· 3 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Cities in Afghanistan
2.4 / 5Afghanistan
Kabul
$900/mo · 7°C
2.5 / 5Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif
$900/mo · 9°C
2.5 / 5Afghanistan
Herat
$900/mo · 8°C
2.5 / 5Afghanistan
Kandahar
$900/mo · 14°C
2.6 / 5Afghanistan
Jalalabad
$900/mo · 13°C
Traveller essentials · Afghanistan
- Emergency
- 112 · 101 · 102 · 100
- Calling code
- +93
- Currency
- AFN
- Plug types
- Schuko, British and related types, Europlug
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Kabul
- Time zone
- Asia/Kabul
Foreign missions in Afghanistan
AustraliaKabul1BulgariaKabul1CanadaKabul1Caribbean NetherlandsKabul1ChinaKabul1CzechiaKabul1FinlandKabul1FranceKabul1GermanyKabul1IndiaKabul, Herat, Jalalabad6IndonesiaKabul1IranKabul, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif3ItalyKabul1JapanKabul1NetherlandsKabul1NorwayKabul1PakistanKabul, Herat, Jalalabad4RussiaKabul, Mazar-i-Sharif2Saudi ArabiaKabul1South KoreaKabul1SpainKabul1SwedenKabul1TajikistanKabul1TürkiyeKabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat3TurkmenistanHerat1United Arab EmiratesKabul1United KingdomKabul1United StatesHerat1UzbekistanMazar-i-Sharif, Kabul2
Afghanistan missions abroad
AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1AzerbaijanBaku1BangladeshDhaka1BelgiumBrussels1BulgariaSofia1CanadaOttawa1ChinaBeijing1CzechiaPrague1EgyptCairo1FranceParis1GermanyBerlin, Bonn, Munich4GreeceAthens1IndiaNew Delhi, Mumbai2IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran, Zahedan, Mashhad4IraqBaghdad1ItalyRome1JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana, Almaty2KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1NetherlandsThe Hague1NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Peshawar3PolandWarsaw1QatarDoha1RussiaMoscow1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid1Sri LankaColombo1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandGeneva1TajikistanDushanbe, Khorog2TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2TurkmenistanAshgabat, Mary2UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon1United StatesNew York City1UzbekistanTashkent1YemenSanaa1
Who can enter Afghanistan without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Afghanistan?
43 missions, 29 countries.
Emergency: Afghanistan?
112, 101 (fire department), 102 (emergency medical services), 100 (police)
Who can enter Afghanistan without a visa?
0: …