Afghanistan
Postcode
Postcode type and position
4 digits below the province name.
Coding method
30
1
30
31
8
District or city/ delivery zone
province
Position of the
address on the
envelope
Address
format
Examples
Bottom
right-hand
corner
Mr. Jawad Ahmad Niazi
Second District, Pashtonistan Avenue
KABUL
1001
AFGHANISTAN
Alignment of
address lines
Leftaligned
A new four digits postcode system came into force on 21st March 2011. The country is divided
into 34 provinces. The postcode for provinces ranges between 10 and 43. The city/delivery
zone ranges between 01 and 50, whereas the district/delivery zone falls in the 51-99 range.
Home delivery in urban area:
Jawad Ahmad Niazi, Kabul Bank official
Second District, Pashtonistan Avenue
KABUL
1001
AFGHANISTAN
Abdul Basir
First District, Municipality lane
House No. 2316
KANDAHAR
3801
AFGHANISTAN
addresse name, organization
district name, street name
capital city
postcode
district name, street name
house number
province
postcode
Home delivery in rural area:
Jamaludin, craftsman
Hesarak District, First lane, Shino village
House No. 50
NINGARHAR
2651
AFGHANISTAN
district name, street name, village name
house number
province
postcode
Padsha Khan Malikzada, farmer
Spin Boldak district, fifth lane, Malik village
KANDAHAR
3853
AFGHANISTAN
district name, street name, village name
province
postcode
P.O box delivery:
Najibullah Amiri
P.O. Box No. 24
KABUL
1001
AFGHANISTAN
P.O Box number
province
postcode
List of
provinces
KABUL
BADAKHSHAN
NIMROZ
KUNAR
PARWAN
PAKTIA
KHOST
KAPISA
HERAAT
JOWZJAN
DAYKUNDI
LAGHMAN
BALKH
LOGAR
SAR-I-PUL
NOORISTAN
GHOR
PAKTIKA
PANJSHIR
GHAZNI
KUNDUZ
BADGHIS
NANGARHAR
BAMYAN
FARAH
KANDAHAR
BAGHLAN
ZABUL
FARYAB
TAKHAR
MAYDAN WARDAK
HELMAND
ORUZGAN
SAMANGAN
Website
http://afghanpost.gov.af/
Contact
General Directorate of Postal Networking
Directorate of Postal Code and Addressing
Mohammad Jan Khan Watt
KABUL
1001
AFGHANISTAN
11/2011
Tel:
(+93) 20 210 36 92
Fax:
(+92 51) 262 719 (c/o UNDP)
E-mail: [email protected]
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