I have used a visa agent in the UK to arrange a Pakistan visa for me whilst I was in another country. I had the passport sent to them and...
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I spend most summers in and around Central Asia especially Pakistan and Afghanistan.Recent activity
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Mailing my passport to the US for a Pakistan visa... in the Asia - Indian Subcontinent Branch
2 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Advice for Route: UZBEK-Mazar-Herat-IRAN in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
Termiz-Hayratan was open for foreigners last month for sure. It is also the current supply route for NATO since Pakistan and US relations...
7 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
No, I travel around quite a lot for my work but I am there quite regularly. Maybe twice a year. I try and keep up to date with people I...
8 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
The winter is usually safer on these roads as no-one wants to have to stand the whole day next the the road holding an automatic weapon...
10 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
There are currently no commercial flights to Bamian so unless you are willing to charter a plane then it is difficult to recommend any safe...
11 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Hitch hiking to Sarhad e Broghil in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
Unless something has changed in the last 12 months then the only advice I can give is to give yourself lots of time. By that I mean days to...
12 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Mazar-e-sharif to Bamiyan in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
I agree with Afghan Guy. Bamian itself is fine but all routes to it are currently very dangerous....
12 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Iraq or Afghanistan which one is more safe to visit? in the Middle East Branch
Parts of Iraq are more dangerous than parts of Afghanistan and vice versa. Wakhan and Kurdistan are both fine to visit for example....
12 days ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called accommodation in Dushanbe in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
Hi, Any tips on some cheap or mid range accommodation options in Dushanbe. Thanks all, JJ Edited by: JakJones
19 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Best safe way to Bamiyan from Uzbekistan in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
The border is open between UZ and AF ate Termiz/Hayratan for foreigners....
22 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Recent advise about Central Route Kabul - Herat? in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
1. There are minvans on this road. The stretch between Yawkawlang and Panjab may need private transport. It depends on numbers....
25 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Driving from Faizabad to Bamiyan in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
Southern Badakhshan is quite lawless. I don't have any recent info on that area since the British medical team were killed in 2010....
29 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Status of Gilgit-Baltistan... in the Asia - Indian Subcontinent Branch
To second this....
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Kabul - Peshawar in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
It has been closed to foreigners since 2008 although I think one man passed through for special reasons in 2009. ...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Kabul - Bamiyan - Chagcharan in the Asia - Central Asia Branch
If you get decent enough connections you could do it in two days....
about 1 month ago
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