+93 country code: Afghanistan

Who uses +93

The +93 country code belongs to Afghanistan, listed on this page as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with ISO code AF. Calls to +93 reach numbers in Afghanistan only. The country sits in Asia, in the Southern Asia subregion, and its capital is Kabul. Residents are called Afghans. The main languages spoken are Dari, Pashto and Turkmen. Prices inside the country are quoted in the Afghan afghani. Anyone dialling into Afghanistan from abroad, and any business or family member contacting a number there, uses the +93 prefix. The same code covers landlines and mobiles across the country.

Location, language and local time

Afghanistan is a Southern Asian country with Kabul as its capital. Dari, Pashto and Turkmen are the languages named for the country. The currency is the Afghan afghani. Local time is set by the Asia/Kabul time zone at UTC+04:30. That single offset applies across the country, so a call placed to Kabul follows the same clock as a call placed elsewhere in Afghanistan. The Afghan afghani is the unit used for everyday payments, including mobile credit.

What a +93 mobile number looks like

A mobile number in Afghanistan follows this international example format: +93 70 123 4567. The +93 is the country code, and the digits after it identify the subscriber. Write the number in this form when saving a contact or passing it to someone abroad. The same format works for calls and messages sent to an Afghan mobile.

Calling and messaging over the internet

A +93 number can be reached with a data connection rather than a traditional international call. Using an internet calling or messaging service, you dial or message the number in the +93 70 123 4567 format and the traffic travels over your data connection. This suits people who want to stay in contact with family, friends or colleagues in Afghanistan from another country. The person receiving the call or message needs an active mobile line in Afghanistan.

Slashtel sends prepaid mobile top-ups to Afghanistan operators Roshan, AWCC, Etisalat and MTN. To add credit for a line on any of these networks, top up a Afghanistan number through the Slashtel recharge page. Credit sent this way is applied to the Afghan mobile number you specify, with the operator handling the balance on the line. This gives a direct way to keep a +93 number active for calls and messages.