Afghanistan's postal services via Turkey to take 2 days
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Turkey’s Postal Services Directorate, Afghanistan’s parcels to US and Europe are now being carried out via Turkey.
According to Communications and Information Technology Deputy Minister Wahabuddin Sadat, Afghanistan’s parcels are transited much quicker than before, when Afghanistan’s parcels were posted via Pakistan to US and Europe and would take up to 20 days.
The process would now take two days, Sadat added.
As per the MoU, an Afghan transit center has been established in Istanbul, Turkey to help facilitate Afghanistan’s postal services.
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