Village in Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Shewaki
Shewaki is a village located in the Hindaki area of Afghanistan, in Bagrami District, Kabul Province, near the mountains Koh e Hindaki and Munar e Chakari.
How locals move
Getting around Shewaki 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: Annemarie Schwarzenbach (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.