Dialing Instructions for placing long distance international calls to Afghanistan from abroad:

1) Find the lowest telephone call rate for Afghanistan, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 93 + City Area Code + Local number

If you need to make a call from Afghanistan you will need to dial afghanistan-exit-code (eg: afghanistan-exit-code 44 for UK).

Please click here for low international calling rates from Afghanistan.

The current date and time in Kabul, Afghanistan can be found at Time in Kabul.

Afghanistan’s standard time is 4.5 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Afghanistan does not utilise Daylight Time Saving.

Telephone area codes in Afghanistan are also known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It used to be known as STD codes in Afghanistan.

These phone area codes are necessary only when calling from outside the telephone code area. However it is a must when making a calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Afghanistan generally indicate geographical areas within Afghanistan which are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Afghanistan is usually preceded in the dial string by the Afghan country code or the international access code for Afghanistan ("93").

Phone Area codes in Afghanistan are often quoted including the country access code for Afghanistan.