Distances between cities
Road distance and driving time between the provincial capitals.
Paktika (Sharana) → Parwan (Charikar)258 km
Driving3 h 49 min
From Paktika (Sharana) to everywhere
Ghazni61 km · 0 h 47 min
Paktia (Gardez)71 km · 1 h 20 min
Logar (Pul-e-Alam)130 km · 2 h 11 min
Wardak (Maidan Shahr)166 km · 2 h 41 min
Khost175 km · 2 h 57 min
Kabul199 km · 3 h 3 min
Zabul (Qalat)254 km · 4 h 6 min
Parwan (Charikar)258 km · 3 h 49 min
Kapisa (Mahmud-i-Raqi)266 km · 3 h 59 min
Bamyan307 km · 5 h 8 min
Panjshir (Bazarak)312 km · 4 h 41 min
Laghman (Mehtarlam)337 km · 5 h 6 min
Nangarhar (Jalalabad)343 km · 5 h 7 min
Uruzgan (Tarinkot)383 km · 7 h 36 min
Kandahar384 km · 5 h 57 min
Daykundi (Nili)396 km · 9 h 5 min
Baghlan (Puli Khumri)425 km · 6 h 14 min
Kunar (Asadabad)436 km · 6 h 28 min
Samangan (Aybak)505 km · 7 h 27 min
Helmand (Lashkar Gah)524 km · 7 h 57 min
Kunduz530 km · 8 h 9 min
Nuristan (Parun)532 km · 9 h 4 min
Takhar (Taloqan)576 km · 9 h 5 min
Ghor (Chaghcharan)591 km · 12 h 1 min
Balkh (Mazar-i-Sharif)619 km · 9 h 0 min
Badakhshan (Faizabad)747 km · 11 h 49 min
Jowzjan (Sheberghan)749 km · 10 h 52 min
Sar-e Pul804 km · 11 h 54 min
Farah814 km · 11 h 33 min
Nimroz (Zaranj)842 km · 11 h 53 min
Faryab (Maimana)950 km · 13 h 33 min
Herat955 km · 13 h 19 min
Badghis (Qala-i-Naw)1,103 km · 15 h 35 min
Method. From the OSRM router over OpenStreetMap roads. Times are without stops or traffic; in practice it takes longer, especially over the passes in winter.
Source: OSRM · © OpenStreetMap contributors (2026-10-03)