Plan a trip to Afghanistan

Places to see in Afghanistan

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Buddhas of BamiyanUNESCO

  تندیس‌های بودا در بامیان

  Ruins · Bamyan Province

  The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental Buddhist reliefs in the Bamiyan Valley of what is now Afghanistan, carved possibly around the 6th-century.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: James Gordon (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Minaret of JamUNESCO

  د جام څلۍ

  Ruins · Ghor Province

  The Minaret of Jam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Afghanistan. It is located in a remote and nearly inaccessible region of Shahrak District, Ghor Province, between the Jam and Hari Rivers.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: david adamec (Public domain). Map

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  Kabul

  کابل

  City · Kabul Province

  Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is within the jurisdiction of Kabul District and has an estimated population of 5,333,284 people.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Sven Dirks, Wien (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Kandahar

  کندهار

  City · Kandahar Province

  Kandahar is a major city in southern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Kandahar Province. It is within the jurisdiction of Kandahar District and has an estimated population of 732,629 settled residents. Mullah Hekmatullah is the current mayor of the city.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Karla Marshall (Public domain). Map

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  Herat

  هرات

  City · Herat Province

  Herat, also written as Harat or Hirat, and historically known as Haraiva, Horeiva and Hires, is a major city in western Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Herat Province and the Herat District.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Employee of the U.S. State Department (Public domain). Map

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  Mazar-i-Sharif

  مزار شريف

  City · Balkh Province

  Mazar-i-Sharif or Mazar-e-Sharif is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Balkh Province. It has 12 city districts (nahias) and an estimated population of 568,013 people. Hafiz Abdul Rahman Himat is the current mayor of the city.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Noshaq

  نوشاخ

  Mountain · Badakhshan Province

  Noshaq is a 7,492 m (24,580 ft) high peak in the Hindu Kush lying on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is the highest mountain in Afghanistan, the second highest in the Hindu Kush after Terich Mir, and the 52nd highest in the world.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Louis Meunier (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Mausoleum of Imam Ali

  شین جومات

  Religious · Balkh Province

  The Mausoleum of Imam Ali, also known as the Blue Mosque, is a mausoleum and mosque complex located in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital and largest city of Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Saeedeh Joshaghani et al (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Ai-Khanoum

  Ruins · Takhar Province

  Ai-Khanoum is the archaeological site of a Hellenistic city in Takhar Province, Afghanistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Artacoana (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Band-e Amir National Park

  پارک ملی بند امیر

  Park & nature · Bamyan Province

  Band-e Amir National Park is located in the central Bamyan Province of Afghanistan. It was established on 22 May 2009 as Afghanistan's first national park to promote and protect the natural beauty of a series of intensely blue lakes created by natural dams high in the Hindu Kush.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Carl Montgomery (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Gardens of Babur

  Bagh-e Babur

  Park & nature · Kabul Province

  The Gardens of Babur, is a historic site in District 5 of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Guzargah neighborhood, with the Sher Darwaza mountain being to the east, Chihil Sutun to the south, and the Kabul Zoo to the northwest.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jim Kelly (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Arg

  ارګ

  Fort · Kabul Province

  The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense (Public domain). Map