Côte d'Ivoire → Afghanistan: Short-stay tourist

Every foreign tourist needs a visa to enter Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' own list of visa categories names no nationality that's visa-free. For a short tourist stay there are three practical channels: a Tourist or Visit visa issued in advance by an Afghan embassy or consulate abroad, an e-Visa applied for online, or a Visa on Arrival stamped at Kabul International Airport (which needs advance sponsorship, see below, it isn't a walk-up option). Separately, a foreign-passport-holding ethnic Afghan can enter without a visa using a valid Afghan Tazkira ID card, that depends on an Afghan document, not your nationality, so it isn't reflected in this checklist.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

For an embassy/consulate visa (Tourist or Visit), fill out the online form at the Ministry's Visa Department portal (econsulate.mfa.gov.af, linked from Afghan embassy and consulate sites abroad), then print it and bring it with your passport and other documents when you visit in person to collect the visa. The e-Visa and Visa on Arrival use their own separate application routes instead (see above).

Source: Visa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan

For an embassy/consulate visa: two identical, recent, standard-size (the Visa Department's own page gives 5x4) colour photos on a white background, no more than six months old.

Source: Visa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan

Issued based on your travel purpose and supporting documents. The ministry's page lists a fee of $80 and describes validity as three months (i.e. it must be used within 3 months of issue), permitting a stay of one month.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Valid for at least six months from your application date, with blank pages available for the visa. For an embassy-issued visa, photos must be recent, in colour, on a white background, taken face-on with both ears visible.

Source: Embassy of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Pakistan

Issued only against an official letter from a domestic Afghan organisation, or an invitation from an international organisation operating in Afghanistan, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' approval arranged in advance of arrival at Kabul International Airport. Listed fee is $200 for a one-month stay. This isn't available to a tourist without that sponsorship in place beforehand.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

For travel to Afghanistan to take part in sports competitions or exhibitions, or to visit relatives and friends, issued by Afghanistan's political and consular missions abroad. The ministry's page lists validity as three months (a stay of one to three months) and a fee it states as a range up to $240 (the page's own formatting of the lower figure is garbled, confirm the exact amount with the mission before paying).

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Named by the ministry as a required document for the Tourist visa specifically, alongside your passport.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

If you're travelling for employment or business purposes, you must also provide documentation from your current or prospective employer (or other concerned organisation) verifying the purpose of your visit, plus an authorisation reference number from Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: Visa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan

A single-entry e-Visa can be applied for online, valid up to 3 months and permitting a stay of up to 30 days, through the portal linked from the ministry's Mumbai consulate page. That same page states the online e-Visa application is not available to Indian citizens, who must apply through an embassy or consulate instead.

Source: Consulate General of Afghanistan in Mumbai (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

The Afghan e-consulate page says a visa for an applicant under 18 is issued only on the written request of the parents, guardian or legal guardian, or with the court's permission.

Source: Visa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan