Telephone numbers in Afghanistan
Encyclopedia
Country code: +93
International call prefix: 00
Trunk prefix
: 0
are two digits long. It is common to write phone numbers as (0xx) yyy-yyyy, where xx is the area code. The 0 prefix is for long-distance dialing from within the country. International callers should dial +93 xx yyyyyyy.
Area codes for common cities are:
. Mobile phone numbers are written as (0xxx yyy-yyy), where xxx is the code. The 0 prefix is for dialing from within the country. International callers should dial +93 xxx yyyyyy.
Some of the mobile phone codes are:
AWCC
Roshan (TDC)
Etisalat Afghanistan
MTN Afghanistan
International call prefix: 00
Trunk prefix
Trunk prefix
A trunk prefix is the number to be dialed in a domestic telephone call, preceding any necessary area codes and subscriber numbers. When the number is called from overseas, the trunk prefix is omitted by the caller. In most countries, such as Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, the trunk...
: 0
Fixed (landline) codes
Area codes in AfghanistanAfghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
are two digits long. It is common to write phone numbers as (0xx) yyy-yyyy, where xx is the area code. The 0 prefix is for long-distance dialing from within the country. International callers should dial +93 xx yyyyyyy.
Area codes for common cities are:
- 020 yyy yyyy: KabulKabulKabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
- 030 yyy yyyy: KandaharKandaharKandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...
- 040 yyy yyyy: HeratHeratHerāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan...
- 050 yyy yyyy: Mazar-i-Sharif
- 060 yyy yyyy: JalalabadJalalabadJalalabad , formerly called Adinapour, as documented by the 7th century Hsüan-tsang, is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River near the Laghman valley, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately of highway with...
Mobile phone codes
There are four mobile phone companies currently operating in AfghanistanAfghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
. Mobile phone numbers are written as (0xxx yyy-yyy), where xxx is the code. The 0 prefix is for dialing from within the country. International callers should dial +93 xxx yyyyyy.
Some of the mobile phone codes are:
AWCC
Afghan Wireless
Afghan Wireless is a cellular network provider in Afghanistan which was launched on 13 November 2002 by Ehsan Bayat. It is a joint venture business between Telephone Systems International in the United States and the Afghan Ministry of Communications. Afghan Wireless signed a 15 year-contract with...
- 0700 yyy yyy
- 0701 yyy yyy
- 0702 yyy yyy
- 0703 yyy yyy
- 0704 yyy yyy
- 0705 yyy yyy
- 0706 yyy yyy
- 0707 yyy yyy
- 0708 yyy yyy
Roshan (TDC)
Roshan (telco)
Roshan is Afghanistan's leading telecommunications provider, serving approximately 3.5 million active subscribers.In January 2003, Roshan was awarded the second GSM license in Afghanistan at a time when there was virtually no telecommunications infrastructure in place; national calls were...
- 0799 yyy yyy
- 0798 yyy yyy
- 0797 yyy yyy
- 0796 yyy yyy
- 0795 yyy yyy
Etisalat Afghanistan
- 0786 yyy yyy
- 0787 yyy yyy
- 0788 yyy yyy
- 0789 yyy yyy
MTN Afghanistan
- 0771 yyy yyy
- 0772 yyy yyy
- 0773 yyy yyy
- 0774 yyy yyy
- 0775 yyy yyy
- 0776 yyy yyy
- 0777 yyy yyy
- 0778 yyy yyy
- 0779 yyy yyy