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50 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

September 2007<br />

AFGHANISTAN<br />

Service Letters – Zone: Rest of the World Parcels – Zone: C<br />

Usual delivery:<br />

– see �1.8<br />

Extra Cover to: Weight to: Extra Cover to:<br />

ECI<br />

Express <strong>Post</strong> Int’l<br />

�<br />

1 4–6 work days �<br />

�<br />

�<br />

Air Mail � 5–7 work days � � 20 kg Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l �<br />

�<br />

5–7 work days Sea Mail �<br />

� �<br />

� 20 kg �<br />

Confirm delivery � Registered only. Valuables – see �1.4 �<br />

Duty-payable articles�<br />

�<br />

�<br />

�<br />

Perishable biological � Infectious and non-infectious not accepted – see �1.6.<br />

Fax<strong>Post</strong> bureau � Private fax machines only.<br />

1 Express <strong>Post</strong> <strong>International</strong> - Letter service available on a non-guaranteed basis<br />

ECI and EPI – Parcels do not deliver to a <strong>Post</strong> Office Box or <strong>Post</strong>e Restante (counter mail delivery).<br />

Import restrictions<br />

Senders should determine import restrictions from the Afghanistan authorities before posting:<br />

Confectionery<br />

Fountain pens<br />

Pencils, propelling<br />

Special documentation<br />

Commercial goods must include an invoice.<br />

Playing cards<br />

Saccharine<br />

Spectacles and sunglasses<br />

Tobacco products<br />

Watches.<br />

Prohibitions<br />

In addition to items prohibited by Dangerous and Prohibited Goods & Packaging <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>,<br />

Afghanistan prohibits:<br />

Alcoholic beverages<br />

Carpets<br />

Cloth, fine<br />

Clothing<br />

Decorative articles made of nonprecious<br />

metals<br />

Fragile items<br />

Handbags, ladies'<br />

Plants<br />

Printed matter prejudicial to<br />

public order or offensive to<br />

religion or morality<br />

Textiles<br />

Toys.

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