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Kabul District
District in Kabul, Afghanistan

Kabul District

Kabul District is one of the 15 districts of Kabul Province in the eastern part of Afghanistan.

Plan a trip to Kabul District→From Mazar-i-Sharif

It encompasses Kabul, which is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. The district has an estimated population of 5,333,284 people. They belong to all ethnic groups of Afghanistan, and Dari and Pashto are their main languages. Mawlawi Abdul Rashid is the current mayor of the district.

How locals move

Getting around Kabul District the local way

  • Get inCoaches from reputable companies are reasonably modern and comfortable, although rather slow compared to shared taxis.
  • Get inMinibuses and shared taxis arrive and depart from six official locations around the city.
  • Get inShared taxis and most minibuses leave when full rather than on fixed schedules.
  • Get inShared taxis have no particular appearance of their own – they look the same as city taxis (i.e.
  • Get inIf you'd prefer this, try to discern the going per-seat rate for shared taxis to your destination, multiply it by the number of seats, and then negotiate a discount.
  • Get inYou can usually also buy extra seats (or an entire backseat) to give yourself extra room in a shared taxi.
  • Go nextIstalif, a village in a side valley of the Shamali Plain makes for an excellent overnight or day trip destination.
  • Go nextPakistan can be reached by taking a shared taxi (US$15, 2025) to the Torkham border crossing (traversing the famous Khyber Pass).

From Wikivoyage: Kabul, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Godot13 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.