Afghanistan Practical Country Info
Time, road side, electricity, plugs, communications and standard country identifiers in one practical reference.
For Afghanistan, civil time is represented by Asia/Kabul, traffic keeps to the right side, the listed mains supply is 230 V, the international calling code is +93, and the country-code domain is .af.
Afghanistan time right now
Civil time reference
Afghanistan is represented here using Asia/Kabul.
Driving side
Right side traffic
Vehicles normally travel on the right side of the road in Afghanistan.
Electrical system
Mains electricity
Plug and socket types
Type C
2 round pins
Type F
2 round pins with side grounding contacts
How Afghanistan is identified internationally
For Afghanistan, measurement: This page uses SI (metric) units as the reference system for measurement comparisons. Everyday and sector-specific practice may also use other units.
Afghanistan practical data table
| Field | Afghanistan | Authority / basis |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | Asia/Kabul | IANA |
| Driving side | Right side | Cited road convention |
| Mains voltage | 230 V | Cited electrical reference |
| Commercial frequency | 50 Hz | Cited electrical reference |
| Calling code | +93 | ITU |
| ccTLD | .af | IANA Root Zone |
| ISO alpha-2 | AF | ISO 3166 |
| ISO alpha-3 | AFG | ISO 3166 |
| ISO numeric | 004 | ISO 3166 |
| Measurement practice | This page uses SI (metric) units as the reference system for measurement comparisons. Everyday and sector-specific practice may also use other units. | Page methodology |
Sources & methodology
The source cards below document Afghanistan's cited practical-data fields, including calling code +93, ccTLD .af, time-zone reference Asia/Kabul, and identify the authority used for each claim.