Afghanistan license plates

Format, region codes and a plate generator for Afghanistan.

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How to read the plate

Region code

Part of the number that shows the region.

Series and number

Letters and digits — the registration itself.

County

The first characters are the code of the county where the car is registered: The county where the car is registered is shown separately on the plate:

An Afghan plate shows the region twice: on the left the province name in Dari or Pashto, with its three-letter Latin code below (KBL Kabul, HRT Herat). Next comes the class digit between two bars, then a number of up to five digits — in Arabic numerals on top and Latin ones below. On the right is the vehicle type: ش / PRV for private. In Kabul the Persian number can have six digits.

Region map

Click a region to see its codes.

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Region codes

34 regions

Region	Code
Baghlan	BAG
Badakhshan	BDN
Badghis	BDS
Balkh	BLH
Bamyan	BMN
Daykundi	DYK
Faryab	FRB
Farah	FRH
Ghor	GHR
Ghazni	GZN
Helmand	HEL
Herat	HRT
Jowzjan	JZJ
Kapisa	KAP
Kabul	KBL
Kandahar	KDR
Kunduz	KDZ
Kunar	KNR
Khost	KST
Laghman	LGM
Logar	LGR
Nangarhar	NGR
Nimruz	NRZ
Nuristan	NUR
Urozgan	ORZ
Paktia	PAK
Panjshir	PJR
Paktika	PKT
Parwan	PRN
Samangan	SAM
Sar-e Pol	SPL
Takhar	TAK
Wardak	WDK
Zabul	ZBL

History

The current system dates from 2004; the previous plates were issued from 1970. Since January 2026 Herat has issued plates with only digits and a category, without the province, for cross-border taxis, buses and lorries.