Cliffs and green fields in the Bamiyan valley, Afghanistan

Who needs a visa for Afghanistan?

Southern Asia · Kabul

Photo: Alessandro Balsamo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo

No nationality enters Afghanistan without paperwork. Of 198, 198 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Afghanistan government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Afghanistan's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa required 198

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Afghanistan

Region
Southern Asia
Capital
Kabul
Population
43,844,111 2025 · 36th of 197
Size
652,230 km² 40th largest of 199
Density
67 per km²
Languages
Dari, Pashto, Turkmen
Currency
Afghan afghani AFN

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.