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 (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states ) 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 AF , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Afghanistan. The second part is three letters.

Current codes [ edit ]

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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Code	Subdivision name ( fa ), ( ps ) (BGN/PCGN 2007)	Subdivision name ( en ) ^{[note 1]}	Subdivision name ( fa ) ^{[note 2]}	Subdivision name ( ps ) ^{[note 3]}
AF-BDS	Badakhsh?n	Badakhshan	??????	??????
AF-BDG	B?dgh?s	Badghis	??????	??????
AF-BGL	Baghl?n	Baghlan	?????	?????
AF-BAL	Balkh	Balkh	???	???
AF-BAM	B?my?n	Bamyan	??????	??????
AF-DAY	D?ykund?	Daykundi	???????	???????
AF-FRA	Far?h	Farah	????	????
AF-FYB	F?ry?b	Faryab	??????	??????
AF-GHA	Ghazn?	Ghazni	????	????
AF-GHO	Gh?r	Gh?r	???	???
AF-HEL	Helmand	Helmand	?????	?????
AF-HER	Her?t	Herat	????	????
AF-JOW	Jowzj?n	Jowzjan	??????	??????
AF-KAB	K?bul	Kabul	????	????
AF-KAN	Kandah?r	Kandahar	??????	??????
AF-KAP	K?p?s?	Kapisa	??????	??????
AF-KHO	Kh?st	Khost	????	????
AF-KNR	Kuna?	Kunar	???	????
AF-KDZ	Kunduz	Kunduz	?????	?????
AF-LAG	Laghm?n	Laghman	?????	?????
AF-LOG	L?gar	Logar	?????	????
AF-NAN	Nangarh?r	Nangarhar	???????	???????
AF-NIM	N?mr?z	Nimruz	??????	??????
AF-NUR	N?rist?n	Nuristan	???????	???????
AF-PKA	Pakt?k?	Paktika	??????	??????
AF-PIA	Paktiy?	Paktia	?????	?????
AF-PAN	Panjshayr	Panjshir	??????	??????
AF-PAR	Parw?n	Parwan	?????	?????
AF-SAM	Samang?n	Samangan	??????	??????
AF-SAR	Sar-e Pul	Sar-e Pol	????	????
AF-TAK	Takh?r	Takhar	????	????
AF-URU	Uruzg?n	Urozgan	???????	???????
AF-WAR	Wardak	Maidan Wardak	????? ????	????? ????
AF-ZAB	Z?bul	Zabul	????	????

Notes

^ For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
^ For reference only, Persian name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
^ For reference only, Pashto name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

Changes [ edit ]

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
Newsletter I-6	2004-03-08	Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source	Subdivisions added: AF-KHO Khowst AF-NUR N?rest?n
Newsletter I-7	2005-09-13	Addition of 2 provinces. Update of list source	Subdivisions added: AF-DAY D?ykond? AF-PAN Panjsh?r
Newsletter II-3	2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15 )	Language corrections, administrative name corrections, alphabetical re-ordering and source list update	Codes: AF-LOW Lowgar → AF-LOG L?gar AF-ORU Or?zg?n → AF-URU Uruzg?n

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 (en)
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

External links [ edit ]

ISO Online Browsing Platform: AF
Provinces of Afghanistan , Statoids.com

[1] For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

[2] For reference only, Persian name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

[3] For reference only, Pashto name in Persian script not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.

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