Afghanistan coverage

Quality tier C. Thin. One usable network or consistently under 15 Mbps. We sell it, we label it, and we price it accordingly.

Mbps median

networks available

Which network you get

Carrier	Role	5G
Afghan Wireless	Primary, used by default	4G only
Roshan	Failover, used when the primary degrades	4G only
MTN Afghanistan	Failover, used when the primary degrades	4G only
Etisalat Afghanistan	Failover, used when the primary degrades	4G only
Salaam	Failover, used when the primary degrades	4G only

You do not choose between them. If the network you are on gets congested we move you to the other one automatically, in the middle of your trip, and tell you afterwards.

A single carrier provider cannot make this move.

How we measure

Orbislo devices report connection quality on real traffic, never synthetic speed tests, because a speed test spends your data to tell us something we can measure for free. Reports carry the carrier, the radio type, the throughput and a coarse location of roughly one kilometre. No precise location is ever collected, nothing is published below a sample of 25, and you can switch the whole thing off in one tap.

Measured from real sessions, never from a speed test we ran ourselves.

What happens in Afghanistan when the network is busy

Congestion is not a fault, it is a Tuesday evening. The question is what your eSIM can do about it, and for most travel eSIMs the answer is nothing: one wholesale agreement per country, one network, and no way out except buying a second eSIM from somebody else while standing in the street.

Here, Orbislo traffic runs over Afghan Wireless, Roshan, MTN Afghanistan, Etisalat Afghanistan and Salaam. When the network you are on degrades we move you to another one, mid trip, without you asking, and tell you afterwards rather than interrupting you at the time.

Questions about Afghanistan

Which network will I be on in Afghanistan?

Afghan Wireless, Roshan, MTN Afghanistan, Etisalat Afghanistan or Salaam. Orbislo moves you to whichever is performing better where you are standing, without asking you and without you noticing.

Can I tether a laptop?

Yes, on every plan, at the same allowance as your phone data and at no extra cost. At 19 Mbps expect a tethered laptop in Afghanistan to be fine for email and documents and strained by video calls.

What if I get no signal at all in Afghanistan?

Open the app and use your free rescue data: 100 MB a month, on every account, in over 200 countries, and it works at a zero balance. It exists for exactly this moment, because needing data in order to buy data is not a situation anybody should be put in. If that cannot find a network either, message us from the app and we will sort it.

Will my phone work in Afghanistan?

If it supports eSIM and is not carrier locked, yes. We check your exact model before you pay and tell you plainly if it will not work, rather than taking the money and leaving you to find out on arrival.

Coverage nearby

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How Afghanistan compares across Asia

Speed rank: 28 of 28 destinations we have measured in Asia
Regional median: 42.95 Mbps
Upstream networks: 5, Afghan Wireless, Roshan, MTN Afghanistan, Etisalat Afghanistan, Salaam
5G: No, LTE only
Next fastest nearby: Nepal, 21 Mbps
Cities with their own page: 3: Kabul, Herāt, Mazār-e Sharīf

Nearby destinations in Asia

Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan, 37 Mbps median, 2 networks
Mongolia: Mongolia, 35 Mbps median, 2 networks
Philippines: Philippines, 34 Mbps median, 2 networks
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan, 33 Mbps median, 2 networks
Bangladesh: Bangladesh, 28 Mbps median, 2 networks
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka, 27 Mbps median, 2 networks
Laos: Laos, 26 Mbps median, 2 networks
Pakistan: Pakistan, 25 Mbps median, 2 networks
Myanmar: Myanmar, 22 Mbps median, 2 networks
Nepal: Nepal, 21 Mbps median, 2 networks

Cities with their own page

Herāt: Herat - Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport, nearest airport HEA, 16 km from Herāt
Kabul: Kabul International Airport, nearest airport KBL, 6 km from Kabul
Mazār-e Sharīf: Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport, nearest airport MZR, 9 km from Mazār-e Sharīf