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Domain name registration Afghanistan (.af)

An .af is the extension for the registration of domain names from Afghanistan . Here are our prices, requirements and more information about registration of a domain name in Afghanistan .

General information .af

Country Afghanistan Afghanistan (AF)
Purpose Country Code Top Level Domain
Price per 1 year € 99.00
Renew fee per 1 year€ 99.00
Setup fee € 0
Min. registration period 1 year
IDN Support IDN not available
Authcode (Transfer) No Authcode needed
com.af
PurposeCommercial entities
Price a year per 1 year€ 99.00
Renew fee per 1 year€ 99.00
Setup fee€ 0
Restrictions:
If the applicant wants to obtain an domain name with the suffix "com.af", the applicant has to have a trade license, business authorization or approval from the Ministry of Commerce or from another Ministry body, which is responsible for registration or licensing.
edu.af
PurposeEducational institutions
Price a year per 1 year€ 99.00
Renew fee per 1 year€ 99.00
Setup fee€ 0
Restrictions:
Afghanistan must approve the registration documents from the ministry of planning for verification of the specified organization.
gov.af
PurposeGovernment and agencies
Price a year per 1 year€ 99.00
Renew fee per 1 year€ 99.00
Setup fee€ 0
Restrictions:
Foreign embassies are able to register using this domain suffix.
net.af
PurposeNetwork providers
Price a year per 1 year€ 99.00
Renew fee per 1 year€ 99.00
Setup fee€ 0
Restrictions:
org.af
PurposeNon-commercial entities
Price a year per 1 year€ 99.00
Renew fee per 1 year€ 99.00
Setup fee€ 0
Restrictions:
If the applicant wants to obtain an domain name with the suffix "org.af", the applicant has to have an approval of registration documents from the Ministery of Planning (or another Ministery or body responsible for registration or licensing) for verification of the specified organization.
Min Characters 2
Max Characters 63
Max registrations Unlimited
Only company's No
Local contact No
Domain is company name Yes
Reserved names Not listed
Redemption period 35 days
Nameservers preconfigured No requirements
Nameservers on different subnet No
Working mailexchanges No
A company, organization or individual may register. Registrant cannot directly or indirectly use a domain that infringes the legal rights or intellectual property rights of a third party.
- contain only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (-), or a combination of these

- start and end with an alphanumeric character, not a dash.

- do not contain a dash on the 3rd and 4th position (tagged domains).
.af is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Afghanistan. It is administered by AFGNIC, a service of the UNDP and the Islamic Transitional Government of Afghanistan.

Registration is made directly at the second level, or on the third level beneath various categorized subdomains at the second level. Third-level domains has restrictions based on which second-level domain they are registered under.

The domain name with the suffix ".af" must meet the following conditions:
• Registering the domain name will not infringe or otherwise violate the rights of a third party.
• The domain name is not registered for an unlawful purpose.
• The domain name is not used in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.
• The domain name is not contrary to public order or morality (e.g. obscene or offensive names).

The homepage is stricktly prohibited by any of the following purposes:
- The display of sexually offensive contents.
- spamming activities (including the spreading/development of tools or programms to spread spam).
- any other activity, which is illegal under Afghan law.


The licensee's domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark, a trade name, a social name or corporation name, a geographical designation, a name of origin, a designation of source, a personal name or name of a geographical entity in which the Complainant has rights.

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