Laws of Afghanistan

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198 laws on this page

Access to Information Act

Act · Made 2018-03-31

Administrative Guidelines for the Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments

Other · Made 2008-06-03

Afghan Co-operative Act

Act · Made 1974-10-31

Afghan National Drug Action Plan 2015 - 2019

policy · Made 2015-10-14

Afghanistan Dairy Policy

policy · Made 2009

Afghanistan Drought Risk Management Strategy

policy · Made 2019

Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Agenda (AFSANA) 2012

policy · Made 2012

Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Plan 2019 to 2023

policy · Made 2018-11-12

Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Public Awareness and Advocacy Framework and Plan 2018-2023

policy · Made 2018

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Strategic Plan of Action 1389-1392 (2010-2013)

policy · Made 2010-03

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Strategic Plan (2019-2023)

policy · Made 2022-06-06

Afghanistan National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2021

policy · Made 2017-05

Afghanistan National Development Strategy

policy · Made 2005

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (A Strategy for Security, Governance, Economic Growth & Poverty Reduction) 2008-2013

policy · Made 2008

Afghanistan National Health Policy 2015-2020

policy · Made 2015

Afghanistan National Peace and Development Framework (ANPDF) 2017 to 2021

policy · Made 2017

Afghanistan National Peace and Development Framework (ANPDF II) 2021 to 2025

policy · Made 2021

Afghanistan National Standard Fortified Wheat Flour Specification

Other · Made 2014

Afghanistan National Strategy for Combatting Corruption

policy · Made 2017-10

Afghanistan National Trade Policy 2019-2023

policy · Made 2019

Afghanistan Strategic National Action Plan (SNAP) for Disaster Risk Reduction: Towards Peace and Stable Development

policy · Made 2011-03

Agricultural Pesticides Law

Act · Made 2016-04-23

Agriculture and Rural Development Sector Strategy

policy · Made 2008-02-18

Amendment and annulment of some Articles of regulation on Reduction and Prevention of Air Pollution

Regulation · Made 2020-11-21

Amendment in Article (2) of Public Health Law

Act · Made 2016-01-05

Amendment of Some Articles of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Law

Act · Made 2020-10-11

Animal Health Law

Act · Made 2016-07-02

Animal Husbandry Act

Act · Made 2017-09-05

Animal Husbandry and Food Master Plan

policy · Made 2006-05-01

Civil Code (1977)

Act · Made 1977-01-05

Climate Change and Governance in Afghanistan

policy · Made 2015

Co-operative Societies Model By-laws

Other · Made 1974-10-31

Community Based Health Care Strategy 2015-2020

policy · Made 2015-08

Comprehensive Agriculture Development National Priority Program: Interministerial Implementation Plan (CAD-NPP 2019-2023)

policy · Made 2018-10-11

Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Constitution · Made 2004-01-04

Cooperative Law

Act · Made 1974-10-30

Decree on the distribution and sale of state owned land for residential, commercial and high rise buildings in Kabul city

Regulation · Made 2000

Disaster Management Strategy (2014 – 2017)

policy · Made 2014

Energy Sector Strategy 2008

policy · Made 2008

Environment Law

Act · Made 2007-01-25

Environment Protection Act

Act · Made 2000-07-14

Repealed

Environmental and Social Management Framework for Digital CASA Afghanistan Project

policy · Made 2017-05

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations

Regulation · Made 2008-03-10

Repealed

Environmental Protection Policy in Mining

policy · Made 2012

Fertilizer and Agricultural Services Act

Act · Made 2001-01-07

Food Safety Act

Act · Made 2016-07-19

Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Strategy 2015-2019

policy · Made 2015

Forests Law

Act · Made 2012-09-10

Framework for Adaptation and Consistency of the Afghanistan Sustainable Development Goals

policy · Made 2018

Framework for water management in river basins

Regulation · Made 2011-04-15

Gender Equity Cross Cutting Strategy

policy · Made 2008-01-05

Gender Policy

policy · Made 2011-08

Hydrocarbons (Petroleum and Gas) Law

Act · Made 0000

Implementing the SME Strategy - Action Plan for Developing Afghanistan’s Agri-Business Sector

policy · Made 2011-04

Implementing the SME Strategy Action Plan for Developing Afghanistan's Cashmere Sector (February 2011-January 2013)

policy · Made 2011-02

Instrument on the Establishment and Operation of Offshore Offices

Regulation · Made 2011-03

Integrated Trade and SME Support Facility Programme (ITSSF)

policy · Made 2010

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

policy · Made 2015-09-21

Iodized Edible Salt-Specification

Regulation · Made 2014

Land Acquisition Act

Act · Made 2017-05-11

Land Affairs Management Amendment Law

Act · Made 2018-10-17

Land Affairs Management Law

Act · Made 2017-04-15

Land Management Law of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Act · Made 2000

Repealed

Land Reform Law

Act · Made 1975

Land Survey and Statistics Law

Act · Made 1965-06-21

Law concerning ownership and tax matter and the price of water for lands below Kajakai and Arghandab dams

Act · Made 1955-02-25

Law fixing the price and sale of water below Kajakai and Arghandab dams

Act · Made 1962-11-01

Law for the appropriation of property for the public welfare in Afghanistan

Act · Made 1935-11-09

Law of the Plant Quarantine Services

Act · Made 2001-01-07

Repealed

Law on disaster response, management and preparedness in the Islamic State of Afghanistan

Act · Made 2012

Law on Electricity Energy Services Regulation

Act · Made 2016-10-18

Law on Expropriation of Lands for the TAPI Gas Pipeline Project Route

Regulation · Made 2020-03-15

Law on Geographical Indications of Place of Production

Act · Made 2015-08-17

Law on Land Development Corporation

Act · Made 2018-12-08

Law on Land Expropriation

Act · Made 2000-10-08

Law on Land Survey, Verification and Registration (Law No. 346)

Act · Made 1976-09-21

Law on Municipality

Act · Made 1959-01-06

Law on Pasture and Grazing Land

Act · Made 2000-04

Law on Pasture Lands

Act · Made 1971-03-10

Repealed

Law on the Preservation of Afghanistan’s Historical and Cultural Artefacts

Act · Made 2004-04-16

Law regulating the sale of land under dams and rivers, 1939

Act · Made 1939

Minerals Law

Act · Made 2005-08-11

Repealed

Minerals Law

Act · Made 2010-02-14

Repealed

Minerals Law

Act · Made 2014-08-16

Repealed

Minerals Law

Act · Made 2020-10-13

Mining Regulations

Regulation · Made 2010-02-14

Mining Sector Roadmap

policy · Made 2019

National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan (NAPWA)

policy · Made 2007

National Alternative Livelihood Policy (2012-2024)

policy · Made 2012-02-16

National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan

policy · Made 2014

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) for Afghanistan 2024-2030

policy · Made 2023-05

National Child and Adolescent Health Strategy 2009 - 2013

policy · Made 2009-07

National Comprehensive Agriculture Development Priority Program 2016 – 2021

policy · Made 2016-08

National Environment Strategy

policy · Made 2008

National Environmental Health Strategy 2012-2015

policy · Made 2011-04-15

National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2020-2024

policy · Made 2020

National Health Strategy 2016‒2020

policy · Made 2016-09

National Horticultural Policy

policy · Made 2018-03-07

National Hygiene Improvement Strategy 2017-2020

policy · Made 2017

National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

policy · Made 2017-11

National Infant and Young Child Feeding Policy and Strategy 2009-2013

policy · Made 2009-09-17

National Mining Policy

policy · Made 2012

National Policy on Livestock Development and Animal Health

policy · Made 2018-11

National Policy on Managing and Safe Disposal of Pharmaceutical Waste

policy · Made 2016

National Policy on Public Private Partnership

policy · Made 2017-03

National Policy on Waste Management

policy · Made 2010-02

National Policy on Water Quality Supervision

policy · Made 2018

National Public Nutrition Policy and Strategy 1388-1392 (2009-2013)

policy · Made 2010-01-21

National Public Nutrition Policy and Strategy 2015-2020

policy · Made 2015-03

National Rural Access Program (NRAP)

policy · Made 2011-11

National Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Policy 2010

policy · Made 2010-01-01

National Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Policy 2016-2020

policy · Made 2016-07-01

National Seeds Policy

policy · Made 2012-12-22

National Strategy for Pregnancy Accuracy and Mother, Infant, Kids and Teenager's Health 2017-2021

policy · Made 2017-04-01

National Strategy on Women in Agriculture (2015–2020)

policy · Made 2015

National Wheat Policy (NWP)

policy · Made 2013-09

National Youth Policy

policy · Made 2014-08-25

Natural Disaster Mitigation Policy in Afghanistan

policy · Made 2002

Nuclear Energy Law

Act · Made 2017-01-21

Oil and Gas Law (Hydrocarbons Law)

Act · Made 2017-12-11

Pesticides Law

Act · Made 2015-06-26

Repealed

Plant Varieties Protection Law

Act · Made 2016-07-02

Plants Protection and Quarantine Law

Act · Made 2017-01-21

Policy and Strategy for the Forestry and Range Management Sub-Sectors

policy · Made 2005-01-01

Policy on Control and Reduction of Pollutions

policy · Made 2017-12

Policy on Water Resources Management

policy · Made 2006-11-19

Presidential Decree of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan concerning modification of a series of articles of the Law on Land Expropriation

Act · Made 2005-04-03

Project to Strengthen and Develop Investment Opportunities in Agricultural Trade (OMAID)

policy · Made 2019-11

Public Health Law

Act · Made 2009-12-12

Public Private Partnership (PPP) Law, 2016

Act · Made 2016-10-05

Repealed

Public Private Partnership (PPP) Law

Act · Made 2018-10-06

Rangeland Law

Act · Made 2001-01-07

Regulation of Activities and Procedures of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

Regulation · Made 2001-01-07

Regulation of Activities of National and International NGOs in Agriculture Sector

Regulation · Made 2011-08-23

Regulation of Agriculture Mechanized Services

Regulation · Made 2016-09-22

Regulation of Cleaning and Green Spaces in Cities

Regulation · Made 2018-10-08

Regulation of Cows Genetic Improvement

Regulation · Made 2014-04-01

Regulation of Distribution of Ornamental Saplings and Plants

Regulation · Made 2012-02-05

Regulation of Distribution of Saplings to Institutions, Organizations and Individuals

Regulation · Made 2009-01-31

Regulation of Establishment and Registration of Agricultural Cooperatives

Regulation · Made 2016-11-21

Regulation of Farm Inspection

Regulation · Made 2012-03-19

Regulation of Importing Chemical Fertilizer

Regulation · Made 2007-03-19

Regulation of Medical Waste

Regulation · Made 2017-07-11

Regulation of Monitoring of the Veterinary Services of the Animal Clinics

Regulation · Made 2013-02-06

Regulation of Preparation, Procurement and Distribution of Registered Wheat Seeds and Chemical Fertilizer

Regulation · Made 2012-04-19

Regulation of Protection and Utilization of Pistachio Forest

Regulation · Made 2007-05-25

Regulation of Protection and Utilization of Wild Medical Plants

Regulation · Made 2013-11-22

Regulation of Purchasing and Distribution of Saffron Bulb and Development of Saffron Cultivation

Regulation · Made 2015-08-06

Regulation of Purchasing Surplus Wheat from Farmers

Regulation · Made 2015-07-01

Regulation of Quality Control of Saffron in Herat Province

Regulation · Made 2014-03-14

Regulation of Salt Iodization

Regulation · Made 2011-02-28

Regulation of the Agricultural Research Institute

Regulation · Made 2001-01-07

Regulation of the Establishment and Functioning of the River Basin Authorities

Regulation · Made 2011-04-15

Regulation of the Establishment, Registration, Strengthening and Functioning of Water User’ Associations

Regulation · Made 2011-03-24

Regulation of the Establishment, Registration, Strengthening and Functioning of Forestry Associations

Regulation · Made 2014-02-05

Regulation of the Importation, Distribution and Use of the Pesticides

Regulation · Made 2001-01-07

Regulation of water and water resources and facilities

Regulation · Made 2015-10-10

Regulation on Bed and Surrounding of Water Resources and Water Infrastructures

Regulation · Made 2015-10-10

Regulation on Breastfeeding Support

Regulation · Made 2009-02-16

Regulation on Enrichment of Wheat Flour and Edible Oils

Regulation · Made 2018-12-05

Regulation on Evaluation of Environmental and Social Impacts

Regulation · Made 2017-12-09

Regulation on Grains and Rooted Crops Reserve

Regulation · Made 2009-10-17

Regulation on Importation of Live Animals

Regulation · Made 2014-10-11

Regulation on Laboratory Analysis of Products of Plant Origin

Regulation · Made 2013-06-13

Regulation on Management of Protected Areas

Regulation · Made 2009-04-04

Regulation on Ozone Destructive Substances Control

Regulation · Made 2006-07-17

Regulation on Protection and Trade of Wild Medical Plants

Regulation · Made 2013-09-11

Regulation on Protection from Ionized Radiation

Regulation · Made 2019-03-19

Regulation on Reduction and Prevention of Air Pollution

Regulation · Made 2009-08-11

Regulation on Reduction and Prevention of Noise Pollution

Regulation · Made 2016-04-18

Regulation on Registration of Agricultural and Livestock Companies

Regulation · Made 2013-04-04

Regulation on the Bed and Limits of Water Bodies, Water Installations and related Conservation Zone

Regulation · Made 2017-12-30

Regulation on the Establishment, Registration, Strengthening and Functioning of Irrigation Associations

Regulation · Made 2012-05-15

Regulation on the Quality Control of Chemical and Organic Fertilizers

Regulation · Made 2012-11-07

Regulation on Urban Land Readjustment and Urban Land Redevelopment

Regulation · Made 2020-02-10

Regulation on Water Quality Control

Regulation · Made 2016-05-14

Regulation on Water Use in Agriculture

Regulation · Made 1982-01-20

Renewable Energy Policy

policy · Made 2015

Renewable Energy Strategy for Afghan Villages 2017-2027

policy · Made 2017-10-28

Seed Law (No. 149 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-12-16

Social Policy in Mining Affairs

policy · Made 2013

Social Protection Sector Strategy

policy · Made 2008-01

Statute of Baghlan Sugar Company

Act · Made 2016-12-10

Statute of the Afghanistan Agricultural Development Bank

Act · Made 1970-01-19

Statute of the Afghanistan Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Corporation (AUWSSC)

Other · Made 2007-07-11

Statute of the Agricultural Development Fund

Act · Made 2012-11-12

Statute of the Nangarhar Province’s Agricultural Corporation

Act · Made 2014-09-15

Strategic Plan for the National Medicine and Food Board

policy · Made 2013-05-22

Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development

policy · Made 2017

Strategic Policy Framework for the Water Sector

policy · Made 2004-05

Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies in Afghanistan

policy · Made 2010-06

Tourism Law

Act · Made 1979

Urban Development and Housing Law

Act · Made 2017-02-18

Water Affairs Management Law

Act · Made 2020-02-04

Water Law

Act · Made 2009-04-26

Water Sector Strategy 2007/08-2012/13

policy · Made 2008-02

Wheat Sector Development Programme (WSDP) of Afghanistan

policy · Made 2013

Wildlife Conservation and Hunting Act

Act · Made 2001-01-07