Afghan Post is the national postal organization of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...

. It has offices in all 34

provinces of Afghanistan Afghanistan is divided into 34 provinces (, '' wilåyat''). The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions. Each province encompasses a number of districts or usually over 1,000 villages. Provincial governors played a ...

, and is getting close to having offices in all 364

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

. Afghan Post is responsible for providing

courier A courier is a person or organisation that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are ...

services in Afghanistan. Most homes in Afghanistan, particularly in older neighborhoods and in the rural areas, still do not have street addresses. Names and other descriptions may be used in place of street addresses. Afghanistan first established

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service in 1870, where it received international recognition. In late 1970s, it had grown into one of the stronger regional postal services, able to send and receive letters from anywhere in the world. During the 1990s, the Afghan postal service was suspended due to a civil war in the country. Sending a letter usually meant having to find someone traveling in the direction of the recipient willing to carry a note and hoping for the best. It gradually began to develop in the mid 2000s during the

Karzai administration Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Republ ...

History

The first postal arrangements in Afghanistan are credited to

Sher Ali Khan Sher Ali Khan (); c. 1825 – 21 February 1879) was Amir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1866 and from 1868 until his death in 1879. He was one of the sons of Dost Mohammed Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty in Afghanistan. Life Sher Ali Khan ...

, who established a

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in the 1860s as part of a program to modernize the country.

Timeline

*1870: Establishment of Balahisar Post office in Kabul and a post office in the center of each province of the country serving Primary Postal Services Affairs and Postal Stamps. *1892: A Post Office near the presidential Compound was Established. *1908: Postal Network developed more. *1918: General Directorship of post and Telegraph & Telephone was included in the Organization of the Interior Ministry. *1918: A Post office was established in each of the big cities. *1925: International post services between Afghanistan and British India Government of Via

Torkham Torkham (; ps, , translit=tūrxam) is a major border crossing between the Pakistani city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located along the Grand Trunk Road on the international border between the two countries. It connects Nangarhar province of A ...

Border. *1928: General Directorship of Post and Telegraph & Telephone becomes and Independent Administration. *1928: Afghanistan became of a member of the World Postal Union. *1928: After having joined the world Postal Union and some other individual Company agreement were signed. *1929: Post is conveyed towards Torkham and Kundahar by vehicles. *1929: Various type of deliveries such as Latter, Postcards, Newspapers, Magazine and other printed matters as well as parcels are made inside and outside of the Country. *1934: Title of the Post Administration from General Directorship of Telephone and Telegraph was changed into The Department of Telephone, Telegraph and later on it was elevated to the Ministry of Communication. *1973: Law of Postal Services was amended. *2019: A terrorist attack on Afghan Post headquarters on April 13 caused international mail to be suspended.International service disruptions / Afghanistan
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Reference

External links

Official websiteAfghanistan's Post Office Begins Online Services
{{Postal administrations of Asia Communications in Afghanistan Philately of Afghanistan Postal organizations Postal systems by country

History

Timeline

See also

Reference

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