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Number Format

Area Code:            2 digits
Subscriber Number:    6 digits (see note below)
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

September 2006 - numbering plan update

Since December 2004, the following number ranges are new or updated:

Number range     Place/Service
============     =============
+93 77 xxxxxxx   Areeba (new)
+93 78 xxxxxxx   Etisalat (new)
Also, +93 75 xxxxxxx CDMA/WLL identifies as "AT" (new name?).

Source: ATRA announcement, (27 September 2006, via ITU).

December 2004 - national numbering plan announced

As Afghanistan government functions are established, a numbering plan as of December 2004 was announced:

Number range     Place/Service
============     =============
+93 1            not used
+93 20 xxxxxxx   Kabul
+93 21 xxxxxxx   Parwan
+93 22 xxxxxxx   Kapisa
+93 23 xxxxxxx   Bamian
+93 24 xxxxxxx   Wardak
+93 25 xxxxxxx   Logar
+93 26 xxxxxxx   Dorkondi
+93 27 xxxxxxx   Khost
+93 28 xxxxxxx   Panjshar
+93 30 xxxxxxx   Kandahar
+93 31 xxxxxxx   Ghazni
+93 32 xxxxxxx   Uruzgan
+93 33 xxxxxxx   Zabol
+93 34 xxxxxxx   Helmand
+93 40 xxxxxxx   Heart
+93 41 xxxxxxx   Badghis
+93 42 xxxxxxx   Ghowr
+93 43 xxxxxxx   Farah
+93 44 xxxxxxx   Nimroz
+93 50 xxxxxxx   Balkh
+93 51 xxxxxxx   Kunduz
+93 52 xxxxxxx   Badkhshan
+93 53 xxxxxxx   Takhar
+93 54 xxxxxxx   Jowzjan
+93 55 xxxxxxx   Samangan
+93 56 xxxxxxx   Sar-E Pol
+93 57 xxxxxxx   Faryab
+93 58 xxxxxxx   Baghlan
+93 60 xxxxxxx   Nangarhar
+93 61 xxxxxxx   Nurestan
+93 62 xxxxxxx   Kunarha
+93 63 xxxxxxx   Laghman
+93 64 xxxxxxx   Paktia
+93 65 xxxxxxx   Paktika
+93 70 xxxxxx    mobile - AWCC (6-digit subscriber numbers)
+93 71 xxxxxxx   (reserved: future GSM mobile service)
+93 72 xxxxxxx   (reserved: future GSM mobile service)
+93 73           not used
+93 74           not used
+93 75 xxxxxxx   mobile - CDMA / WLL (wireless-based local)
+93 76           (reserved: future CDMA mobile service)
+93 77           (reserved: future CDMA mobile service)
+93 78           not used
+93 79 xxxxxx    mobile - Roshan (6-digit subscriber numbers)
+93 8            not used
+93 9            not used
+93 75 xxxxxxx CDMA/WLL numbers are further broken down so that first 2 digits after the area code signify a particular location, the remaining 5 digits represent the subscriber number.

Number range      Location
============      ========
+93 75 20xxxxx    Kabul
+93 75 21xxxxx    Kabul
+93 75 22xxxxx    Kabul
+93 75 23xxxxx    Kabul
+93 75 24xxxxx    Kabul
+93 75 25xxxxx    Parwan
+93 75 26xxxxx    Kapisa, Panj Shir
+93 75 27xxxxx    Bamian, Daikondi
+93 75 28xxxxx    Wardak
+93 75 29xxxxx    Logar
+93 75 30xxxxx    Kandahar
+93 75 31xxxxx    Kandahar
+93 75 32xxxxx    Kandahar
+93 75 33xxxxx    Kandahar
+93 75 34xxxxx    Kandahar
+93 75 35xxxxx    Nimruz
+93 75 36xxxxx    Ghazni
+93 75 37xxxxx    Uruzgan
+93 75 38xxxxx    Zabol
+93 75 39xxxxx    Helmand
+93 75 40xxxxx    Herat
+93 75 41xxxxx    Herat
+93 75 42xxxxx    Herat
+93 75 43xxxxx    Herat
+93 75 44xxxxx    Herat
+93 75 45xxxxx    Faryab
+93 75 46xxxxx    Sar-E Pol
+93 75 47xxxxx    Badghis
+93 75 48xxxxx    Ghowr
+93 75 49xxxxx    Farah
+93 75 50xxxxx    Balkh
+93 75 51xxxxx    Balkh
+93 75 52xxxxx    Balkh
+93 75 53xxxxx    Balkh
+93 75 54xxxxx    Balkh
+93 75 55xxxxx    Kunduz
+93 75 56xxxxx    Takhar
+93 75 57xxxxx    Jowzjan
+93 75 58xxxxx    Samangan
+93 75 59xxxxx    Baghlan
+93 75 60xxxxx    Nangarhar
+93 75 61xxxxx    Nangarhar
+93 75 62xxxxx    Nangarhar
+93 75 63xxxxx    Badkhshan
+93 75 64xxxxx    Murestan
+93 75 65xxxxx    Kunarha
+93 75 66xxxxx    Laghman
+93 75 67xxxxx    Paktia
+93 75 68xxxxx    Khost
+93 75 69xxxxx    Paktika
Source: Ministry of Communications announcement, 16 December 2004 via ITU).

2002 - new numbering plan

Afghanistan's telephone system is being standardised to 2-digit area codes and 6-digit subscriber numbers (excluding trunk prefix and country code). Former 1-digit area codes are converted to 2-digit codes. Kabul is to be assigned area codes 20 through 25, although it was unclear which area codes would be assigned from existing subscriber numbers under Kabul's previous area code 2.

The new numbering plan includes 4-digit short codes of the form 1xxx.

Reference: numbering document available through ITU (January 2001).

Other Information

Regulator is Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority. The overseeing ministry is Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Through the 1990s, the subscriber Number was found to be 5 digits in Kabul, unknown format elsewhere.

Direct dialling to Afghanistan was limited from many nations. As of 2002, Kabul and Kandahar were accessible from dial networks, with other cities expected to be accessible in subsequent months. Re-establishment of government and civil functions in Afghanistan since 2002 has restored telecom access and a regulatory environment.

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