Afghanistan Cargo Clearing Services:

King Enterprises can handle all types of shipments including food, building materials, project cargo, and other general cargo without any difficulty. Additionally, We are in the position to provide you our Best routes and Most competitive rates. We have regular service from Karachi to Afghanistan for various cities by trucks i.e. Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif , Tarin Kot Afghanistan. King Enterprises offers a hassle-free one window-operation for your goods under transit to Afghanistan via Pakistan.

Special FCL transportation For US Army and ISAF
Consulting of transshipments
Transportation of LTL, FTL and bulk cargo
Transportation 20`dry - 40`dry - 20 Reefer 40` Reefer Containers
Customs Clearance Especially for cross border transportation customs formalities and border clearance
procedures from Pakistan to Afghanistan
Complete Logistics Programs (warehousing, documentation, handling)
Special transportation of heavy weight, over-sized cargoes
Contract-logistic procurement and distribution
Real time status report

Afghanistan Transit Trade - Documentation

Following documents required at least 3 days prior arrival of vessel.

1. Invoice 2.Packing list 3. Copy of Insurance 4. Original Bills of lading 5. Jawaz Nama

Additional documents in case of

A. UN/AID/ISSAF

Letter issued to Collector of custom for permission of import of cargo by UNO. (In case UN Cargo)
Letter issued to collector of customs by Council General of Afghanistan in Karachi.( in case of aid cargo)
Letter issued to Collector of custom by ISSAF Command ( in case of ISSAF cargo)

B. US Military cargoes,Letter issued by Council General of US in Karachi to Collector of customs,C. Commercial Cargo,Invoice/Packing List
Original Jawaz Nama (Import license) with first shipment to register the same with custom authorities.If customer is regular importer then only copy of Jawaznama is required.In all above cases an authority letter in favor of our office in Karachi to be issued by the respective agency or customer to handle the cargoes in Karachi. All above documents are arranged by us against authority letter.

Special Note:

For all duty exempted cargo original duty exemption letter is required for provision at Afghan Gumruk / Customs,

Following are the routing for cargo destined to various destinations in Afghanistan

Via Karachi - Islamabad/Rawalpindi - Lahore - Peshawar - Quetta - Kabul.

Pakistan is in the most advantageous position in Afghan Transit Trade, (ATT) where Port of Karachi plays a major role as hinterland port and "GATEWAY" to Afghanistan and Central Asian States, Countries.

There is no rail network in Afghanistan and all trade is conducted by land route from Pakistan and other neighboring countries. Cargo for Afghanistan in Transit via Pakistan (Karachi /Port) is exempted from Custom Duty and taxes in Pakistan. However, a Special Custom Cell, processes and examines the cargo at Karachi Port.

All cargo i.e. containerized or break-bulk is forwarded by Road from Karachi to the Customs Posts at following location.

1. Peshawar / Torkham for Cargo destined for Jalalabad / Kabul / Bagram .
2. Quetta / Chaman for Cargo destined for Kandahar / Heart / Lashkargah .

Required documentation is carried out at Custom Post, after which the cargo/container crosses into Afghanistan. Having crossed the border the loaded trucks to the Afghan Custom House at Torkham, Jalalabad, Kabul or Kandahar as the case may be. Air Sea Worldwide Logistics offers services for door delivery inside Afghanistan and performs customs clearance & unloading arrangements at Jobsite / destination inside Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Transit Trade - Customs Borders

No. Customs Border Clearance Time
1 Dogharun - Iran / Islam Qalah - Afghanistan. 03 – 04 DAYS
2 Kosha - Turkmenistan / Turghundi - Afghanistan. 03 - 04 DAYS
3 Aghinesh - Turkmenistan / Andkhooy- Afghanistan. 03 – 04 DAYS
4 Termez - Uzbekistan / Galabeh - Afghanistan. 01 – 02 DAYS
5 Torkham - Pakistan / Afghanistan. 01 – 02 DAYS
6 Chaman - Pakistan / Weish – Afghanistan. 01 – 02 DAYS

Distance Between Cities in Kilometers

KARACHI TO KABUL 1843 Km
KARACHI TO KANDAHAR 913 Km
KARACHI TO KABUL VIA KANDAHAR 1403 Km
KARACHI TO KANDHAR VIA KABUL s 2327 Km
KARACHI TO JALALABAD 1640 Km
KARACHI TO MAZARE-SHAREEF 2500 Km

TRANSIT TIME

Transit Time Between Cities
KARACHI TO KABUL 08-10 DAYS
KARACHI TO KANDHAR 06-08 DAYS
KARACHI TO JALLALABAD 07-08 DAYS
KARACHI TO MAZAR-E-SHAREEF 16-18 DAYS
KARACHI TO HERAT 10-12 DAYS

Karachi to Peshawar

Karachi Port – Hyderabad – Moro – Noshera Feroz – Ranipure – Kherpur – Karamabad - Sukkur By-Pass – Ghotki – Goth Machi – Sadiqabad – R.Y Khan by pass – Zahir Peer – Ali Pur – Head Panjna – Sardar Garh – Muzafar Garh – Sarwar Shaheed Chowk – Chowk Azam – Fateh Pur – Shahra-e-Muhajir – Dulle Wala – Mianwali – Sadaqat Abad – Musa Khel– Talagung – Bal Qasr - Peshawar.

Karachi to Peshawar - New Double Superhighway Metal Road.
Total Distance = 1,485 Kms.

Peshawar to Torkham Pak-Afghan Border

Peshawar – Khyber Tribal Area – Jamrud Fort – Ali Masjid – Gurgura – Sultan Khel – Landi Kotal – Khyber Pass– Torkham Pak-Afghan Border.
Total Distance = 55 Kms.
Torkham (Pak-Afghan Border) to Kabul, Afghanistan
Torkham Border – Gumrock – Jallalabad – Kabul.
Total Distance = 303 KMS
Karachi to Kabul = Total Distance = 1,843 Kms (Approx).

LAND ROUTES FOR TRANSIT TO AFGHANISTAN – KANDHAR

Karachi to Quetta

Karachi Port – Hub Choki - Gadani – Vinder – Uthal – Bela – Wadh – Khuzdar – Sohrab - Kallat – Mustang – Quetta.
Karachi to Quetta - New Superhighway Metal Road.

Quetta to Chaman Pak-Afghan Border

Quetta – Kuchluck Town – Yaro Town – Qila Abdullah Town – Shalabagh Mountain Area – Chaman City – Chaman Pak- Afghan Border.

Chaman (Pak-Afghan Border) to Kandhar, Afghanistan

Chaman Border – Waish – Spin Buldak Town – Mall Bridge– Argasan Bridge– Kandhar Airport – Kandhar City.
Total Distance = 913 Km