Afghanistan
Afghanistan is part of Asia with main city at
Kabul. It's usually 🌤️ 0.10 °C in Afghanistan with a rainfall of 🌧 39.99 mm. Internet speed in Afghanistan is on average 1.1 Mbps. Its Least Developed country with a
population of 28M people. The main currency is Afghani. The languages
spoken are Pashto, Uzbek and Turkmen. Automatic teller machines are rare in Afghanistan. Current travel safety advice is Do not travel. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.
👍 Least Developed 🌤️ ~0.10 °C 🌧 ~39.99 mm 👨👩👦👦 28M people
Advice
🛡️ Travel safety
Do not travel
International flights have resumed to and from Kabul. Be aware that flights can be postponed or cancelled at short notice. From 10 July, all passengers travelling with Emirates from Afghanistan must carry a negative COVID-19 certificate issued by a local government approved laboratory to be accepted on the flight. Certificates must be issued no more than 96 hours before departure. Contact Emirates or your travel agent for further details. If you’re in Afghanistan despite our advice, be alert and follow the advice of local authorities. The serious and ongoing threats of kidnapping and the volatile security environment have not changed. We haven't changed our level of advice: Do not travel to Afghanistan due to the extremely dangerous security situation and the very high threat of terrorist attack.
issued date: July 10, 2020
Weather
🌤️ Temperature
🌧 Rainfall
🔌 Sockets
Afghanistan uses 220V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type F.
🌐 Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are Pashto, Uzbek and Turkmen
💱 Currencies Used
Afghanistan uses the Afghan afghani (symbol: ?), code AFN.Banknotes come in denominations of 1000, 500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 afghanis. Afghani is subdivided into 100 puls. Coins come in denominations of 5, 2 and 1 afghanis.
🏧 ATMs
Automatic teller machines are rare in Afghanistan. Your best bet is to look for them in large cities and community places.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
📡 Internet
Internet speed in Afghanistan is on average 1.1 Mbps. WiFi coverage in Afghanistan is very low. It's quite hard to find one.
📱 Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about 897.53 AFN, which includes 1 GB of data plan. You can choose from 5 telecoms: Afghan Wireless, Etisalat, MTN Group, ROSHAN or Salaam. Afghanistan uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900 and GSM 1800. If you don't want to buy SIM card in Afghanistan upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
📞 Calling
To call Afghanistan, dial +, then 93 (the country code for Afghanistan), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number. For local calls within Afghanistan, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 23 .
🆘 Emergency
Universal
911
Police
911
Ambulance
911
Fire department
911
Useful Information
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