How long does it take to receive mail from Afghanistan to Washington DC?

Answer 1

The postal service in Afghanistan does not function at the moment and even if you send a letter or a parcel, chances are it will never reach its destination. However, there are agencies who conduct postal services to the main cities in Afghanistan but they are not your regular or governmetn postal service. They are all private postal services such as: FedEx and DHL.

I believe it will cost $80 US Dollars just to send a one page letter through FedEx and the same I believe goes for DHL or might a more expensive.

If you need to send something to Afghanistan, I suggest you do not use the regular postal service. First of all the addressing system in Afghanistan is not established as to what we have the in the Western Countries. Streets still do not have well established names and houses do not have numerical identities at the moment.

Let us say you are sending letter to soldiers who are serving in Afghanistan, your specific government will have an appropriate address dedicated for that and I think that is the best form of postal service that you can try to reach your men and women in uniform serving there at the moment.

I hope that helps.

Answer 2

If it mailed through the Afghan PTT it will probably arrive in about two weeks. If it is mailed from a Fleet or Army Post Office it will arrive in the US within 72 hours for forwarding via the USPS and will reach its destination in another three to five days. The US Military places a high priority on the mail sent to and from its troops in the field.

Answer 3

It depends on where it is going but usually 14-21 days (if it is going to an APO address) -- 14 days to Kandahar and closer to 21 if it has to go from Kandahar to another base.

Answer 4

Well i sent a package to Afghanistan and it took 10 days to be exact so im gueesing about ten days.......

Answer 5

To India it takes about 10 days, so I am guessing to Afghanistan it takes close to 8 days.

Answer 6

bout a week and a half to two weeks

Answer 7

1 to 14 days or more