Afghanistan, press rank #174 · 
~$400/mo
Can you live unwatched in Herat?
Surveillance, facial recognition and crypto rules read here for the city itself, not the national average.
The privacy scorecard
The six marked ° below are read for Herat itself. The rest are set by Afghanistan’s national law, the same across every city in the country.
press rank #174 (Afghanistan) ~$400/mo, this city
safety 1/5
geopolitical stability 1/5
Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required
No national law requires it. Campaigns, not statutes, are what reach a child here.
If you skip them: Nothing.
Exemptions: Not needed.
Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024
Legal & financial exposure
Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.
Does not report your account balances abroad
No extradition treaty with the US
ID required to buy a SIM card
Crypto mining is banned
Cryptocurrency mining is explicitly banned here.
3 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.
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Find where to live on ArcadiaCity-level figures where marked °, national law otherwise. Estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.