Vehicle registration plates of Afghanistan

Vehicle registration plates of Afghanistan started in 1970. The current version started in 2004. The dimensions of the license plates are approximately 420 x 175 mm (16.5 x 7 in).

License plates are bilingual in Afghanistan. Their general format includes the name of the province in either Persian or Pashto, with a corresponding Latin 3 Letter Code, a numerical code which ranges from 1 digit to 5 digits, and the class of the vehicle, identified by a Persian Letter, and a corresponding Latin Letter, or 3 in case of private vehicles.

However, the 5-digit code in the capital province of Kabul was exhausted. Thus, newer license plates have an additional extra digit, only in Persian, located separately from the actual numerical code. In addition, two hyphens are shown at the top and bottom of the 6th number.^[1]

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  Sample 3-Digit License plate from the Province of Takhar
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  Sample 4-Digit License plate from the Province of Zabul
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  Sample 5-Digit License plate from the Province of Herat
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  Sample 5-Digit plus one additional digit License plate from the Province of Kabul

Vehicle types[2]
Type	Colour	Sample	Persian Code	Latin Code
Bus	Yellow, Black Letters		ب	B
Diplomatic	Red, White Letters			CD
Governmental	Black, White Letters		-	-
Lorry	White, Black Letters		ل	L
Motorcycle	White, Black Letters		م	M
Private	White, Black Letters		ش	PRV
Private Duplicate	White, Black Letters		ش م/ث	DUPL
Private Temporary(1)	White, Black Letters, Red Letters		ش - موقت	TEMP
Rickshaw	White, Black Letters		ر	TRC
Taxi	Yellow, Black Letters		ت	T
United Nations	Blue, Black Letters

Notes

1. Temporary license plates have started being issued by the authorities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since September 2023. These license plates are valid for a period of 3 years, and they are issued to vehicles that do not have official ownership deed and registration. It is mostly left-hand drive vehicles (steering wheel installed on the right-hand side of the car), imported from Pakistan or elsewhere, that fall under this category, as they do not meet the basic requirement of legal registration. Nevertheless, installing license plates and keeping track of such cars, as well as facilitating their legal sale and purchase made it necessary to come up with a provision.^[3][4]

In Afghanistan, license plates indicate the province in which the vehicle is registered in, both in Persian or Pashto, and with a 3-Letter Latin Code. Below is the Persian/Pashto Name of each province and the 3-letter code shown on the license plate for each province.

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