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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Top level domain .af is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Afghanistan. It is administered by AFGNIC, a service of the UNDP.

History

The .af domain was delegated to Abdul Razeeq in 1997, a year after Taliban fighters had captured Kabul and founded the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

NetNames of London initially maintained the domain following an agreement with the IANA.[1] Razeeq later disappeared, halting some services.

The domain was reopened on 10 March 2003, as a joint program between UNDP and the Afghan Ministry of Communications.[2]

As of 26 August 2020, .af was used by 5,960 domains.[3]

With the fall of Kabul in 2021, the .af domain again came under the control of the Taliban. ICANN said it "defers decision making to within the country".[4][5]

Registration

Registration is made directly at the second level, or on the third level beneath various categorised subdomains at the second level.

Third-level domains have restrictions based on which second-level domain they are registered under. Registration on the second level is unrestricted, but more expensive. All fees are higher for international registrants.

Restrictions

In 2024, a number of .af domains including "broke.af" and "queer.af" went offline.

The Afghan Ministry of Communications and IT said that they were registered through Gandi, a France-based domain name registrar, and cited Gandi's failure to make payments as the reason for suspension.[6]

Second-level domains

  • .gov.af
  • .com.af
  • .org.af
  • .net.af
  • .edu.af
  • .tv.af
  • .media.af[7]

References

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