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Afghanistan Public Holidays 2026

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No upcoming public holiday remains in 2026. View the calendar below for this year's dates.

12 public-holiday entries across 12 dates

12 recorded confirmed
0 estimated / awaiting confirmation

4 weekend dates
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Using this calendar

Afghanistan’s 2026 calendar contains 12 confirmed nationwide public-holiday occurrences supported by current-regime decisions and dated official notices. It excludes unsupported commemorations and makes no substitute or bridge-day assumptions.

2026 holiday calendar

Public-holiday entries are listed below. Bank, office and school coverage is incomplete; an unmarked institution is not necessarily open. Optional-holiday coverage has not been established.

Long-weekend planner

Assumption: Saturday and Sunday are non-working days, plus the listed public holidays. This is your planning assumption, not a universal legal workweek. Employer schedules may differ. Only supported holiday dates are included.

  • 3 consecutive days20 March 2026 – 22 March 2026Eid al-Fitr (estimated) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 6 consecutive days26 May 2026 – 31 May 2026Day of Arafah (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated) + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
  • 3 consecutive days29 August 2026 – 31 August 2026American Withdrawal Day + selected weekend · Source review may be pending
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Official sources and date status

Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.

Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority; current official notices

Unsupported or superseded observances excluded from nationwide calendar

Reviewed · Scope: excluded_observances · Checked 2026-10-03

Ramadan commencement, Ashura and Mawlid are expressly shown as no-holiday in the current AIP. Nowruz, Labour Day, 8 Saur and other commemorations lack sufficiently consistent current nationwide closure evidence and are omitted rather than inferred.

Council of Ministers / Administrative Office of the Prime Minister

Cabinet approval of 9 Sunbula as public holiday

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The current-regime Cabinet fixed 9 Sunbula as the holiday marking the withdrawal of the last US soldier.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

1447 Arafah and Eid al-Adha nationwide holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry announced four nationwide public-holiday days from 9 through 12 Dhu al-Hijjah and resumption on 14 Dhu al-Hijjah.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

1447 Arafah and Eid al-Adha nationwide holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry announced four nationwide public-holiday days from 9 through 12 Dhu al-Hijjah and resumption on 14 Dhu al-Hijjah.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

1447 Arafah and Eid al-Adha nationwide holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry announced four nationwide public-holiday days from 9 through 12 Dhu al-Hijjah and resumption on 14 Dhu al-Hijjah.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

1447 Arafah and Eid al-Adha nationwide holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry announced four nationwide public-holiday days from 9 through 12 Dhu al-Hijjah and resumption on 14 Dhu al-Hijjah.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

2026 Eid al-Fitr nationwide holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry confirmed the three-day Eid period through Sunday 22 March, with official work resuming Monday.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

2026 Eid al-Fitr nationwide holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry confirmed the three-day Eid period through Sunday 22 March, with official work resuming Monday.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

2026 Eid al-Fitr nationwide holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry confirmed the three-day Eid period through Sunday 22 March, with official work resuming Monday.

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs / Bakhtar News Agency

26 Dalwa 1404 nationwide public-holiday notice

Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-10-03

The ministry expressly announced 15 February 2026 as a nationwide public holiday.

Afghanistan Official Gazette / Ministry of Industry and Commerce

Labour Law, Article 41 public-holiday list

Reviewed · Scope: legal_context · Checked 2026-10-03

Pre-2021 statutory baseline only. Current Islamic Emirate decisions and dated notices control where the framework has changed or official sources conflict.

Public holiday information

The post-2021 framework is fragmented. Current decisions and dated Ministry of Labour notices take priority over the pre-2021 Labour Law where sources conflict.

Offices

No substitute, bridge or discretionary closure is inferred. Future state dates remain provisional where annual notice practice is material.

Banks

No separate nationwide bank calendar is asserted.

Schools

No separate school-calendar closure is asserted.

Practical planning

Reconfirm lunar dates and services against the latest Afghan official notice.

Frequently asked questions

How are lunar holidays handled?

2026 dates are confirmed only from actual dated evidence. 2027 and 2028 lunar dates are provisional.

Are Ashura and the Prophet’s Birthday included?

No. A current official aviation publication lists both as no-holiday, so older pre-2021 rules are not carried forward.

Are extra closure days included?

No substitute, bridge or one-off closure is included without express evidence.

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