01Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?
Transit visas are for individuals holding a valid visa or travel documents for the destination country and intending to transit through Afghanistan. The official source does not state a complete list of which travellers need one or any exemptions.
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Limits of the record- The captured page does not provide a complete traveller matrix or exemptions.
Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs page does not describe airside or visa-free transit; it describes transit through Afghanistan only through a transit visa provided by Afghanistan's political and consular missions abroad. The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a traveller can remain airside or when immigration control must be crossed.
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Limits of the record- The page does not address whether a traveller who stays airside at Kabul airport without entering needs the visa, nor whether immigration control must be crossed; the absence of an airside exemption on the MFA site is not proof that none exists in practice.
- Whether the stay of three to six days is a single continuous period and whether land transit is covered are not stated.
- Primary legislation checked 2026-09-22 in the Ministry of Justice laws database (laws.moj.gov.af): every instrument on foreign nationals' travel and residence (incl. Gazette 1185 of 2015 and its 2018 amendment, Gazette 1302) is listed with status 'ملغی' (abrogated), and no in-force (نافذ) IEA-era law, decree or procedure on visas or foreigners' residence was found; the abrogated texts are therefore not cited.
What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.
What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?
The transit visa has a validity of one month with a stay of three to six days. The official source does not state overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.
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Limits of the record- The captured page does not establish overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.
If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?
Transit visas are provided by Afghanistan's political and consular missions abroad to travellers with a valid destination-country visa or travel document. The official source does not state the complete application procedure.
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Limits of the record- The captured page does not state the complete application procedure.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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