Kabul City Gate (KM 0)
Urban Perimeter Control
Vice & Virtue / Moral Directives
Strict enforcement of beard length regulations, public musical bans, and mandatory chaperone (mahram) requirements for female travelers.
Commercial Transit & Extortion Index
Formalized single-window customs replacing former multi-faction warlord extortion roadblocks. Overland transit velocities up ~40%.
Socio-Economic Microstate
High civil bureaucracy presence, electronic identity document vetting, intense surveillance at capital exit arteries.