ISO 3166-2:AF
ISO 3166-2:AF is the entry for Afghanistan in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International [Organization for Standardization], which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Afghanistan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 34 provinces.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Afghanistan. The second part is three letters.
Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency.Click on the button in the header to sort each column.
| Code | Subdivision name, | Subdivision name | Subdivision name | Subdivision name |
| Badakhshān | Badakhshan | بدخشان | بدخشان | |
| Bādghīs | Badghis | بادغیس | بادغیس | |
| Baghlān | Baghlan | بغلان | بغلان | |
| Balkh | Balkh | بلخ | بلخ | |
| Bāmyān | Bamyan | بامیان | بامیان | |
| Dāykundī | Daykundi | دایکندی | دایکندی | |
| Farāh | Farah | فراه | فراه | |
| Fāryāb | Faryab | فاریاب | فاریاب | |
| Ghaznī | Ghazni | غزنى | غزني | |
| Ghōr | Ghōr | غور | غور | |
| Helmand | Helmand | هلمند | هلمند | |
| Herāt | Herat | هرات | هرات | |
| Jowzjān | Jowzjan | جوزجان | جوزجان | |
| Kabul | کابل | کابل | ||
| Kandahār | Kandahar | قندهار | کندھار | |
| Kapisa | کاپیسا | کاپيسا | ||
| Khōst | Khost | خوست | خوست | |
| Kunaṟ | Kunar | کنر | کونړ | |
| Kunduz | Kunduz | قندوز | کندوز | |
| Laghmān | Laghman | لغمان | لغمان | |
| Lōgar | Logar | لوگَر | لوګر | |
| Nangarhār | Nangarhar | ننگرهار | ننګرهار | |
| Nīmrōz | Nimruz | نیمروز | نيمروز | |
| Nūristān | Nuristan | نورستان | نورستان | |
| Paktika | پکتیکا | پکتیکا | ||
| Paktiyā | Paktia | پکتیا | پکتیا | |
| Panjshayr | Panjshir | پنجشیر | پنجشیر | |
| Parwān | Parwan | پروان | پروان | |
| Samangān | Samangan | سمنگان | سمنګان | |
| Sar-e [Pul Province|Sar-e Pul] | Sar-e Pol | سرپل | سرپل | |
| Takhār | Takhar | تخار | تخار | |
| Uruzgān | Urozgan | اروزگان | اروزګان | |
| Wardak | Maidan Wardak | ميدان وردگ | ميدان وردگ | |
| Zābul | Zabul | زابل | زابل |
'''Notes'''
Changes
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
| Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source | Subdivisions added: Khowst Nūrestān | ||
| Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source | Subdivisions added: Dāykondī Panjshīr | ||
' | Language corrections, administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update | Codes:''' Lowgar → Lōgar Orūzgān → Uruzgān |
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
| Effective date of change | Short description of change |
| 2011-12-13 | Language corrections; administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update. |
| 2015-11-27 | Correction of the local short name; change romanization system; change of spelling of categories of pus and fas; change of spelling of AF-KNR; update List Source |
| 2018-11-26 | Correction of the romanization system label |