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Afghanistan travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Afghanistan: travel advice level, plug type C/F, 240V, emergency 112, currency AFN.

📷 Kabul · Sven Dirks, Wien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to whole country Updated 2026-07-30

Latest change (original, English)
Addition of information about UK Government support (see ‘Do not travel to Afghanistan’ on the ‘Warnings and insurance’ page).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalKabul
CurrencyAFN
LanguagesUzbek, Turkmen, Balochi, Pashayi
Calling code+93
Emergency numbers112 · 100 · 101 · 102
Plug typesType C, Type F
Voltage240 V
Driving sideRight
Population41M
Type CType F

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📷 Photos

? · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Todd Huffman from Phoenix, AZ · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Afghanistan Matters from Brunssum, Netherlands · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
U.S. Secretary of Defense · Public domain · Commons
Қазақстан премьер-министрі · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
Кувакин Е. (1987); scanned and processed by User:Vizu (2009); размещено согласно · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
USAID Afghanistan · Public domain · Commons
Afghanistan Matters · CC BY 2.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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