Public holidays 2026 in Afghanistan
There are 14 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Liberation Day | روز آزادی | ||
| Wednesday | First Day of Ramadan (estimated) | اول رمضان (برآورد شده) | ||
| Friday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عید فطر (برآورد شده) | ||
| Saturday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | عید فطر (برآورد شده) | ||
| Sunday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting) | عید فطر (برآورد شده) | ||
| Tuesday | Mojahedin's Victory Day | روز پیروزی مجاهدین | ||
| Tuesday | Day of Arafah (estimated) | روز عرفه (برآورد شده) | ||
| Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عید قربانی (برآورد شده) | ||
| Thursday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عید قربانی (برآورد شده) | ||
| Friday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | عید قربانی (برآورد شده) | ||
| Saturday | Islamic Emirate Victory Day | روز پیروزی امارت اسلامی | ||
| Wednesday | Afghanistan Independence Day | روز استقلال افغانستان | ||
| Tuesday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting) | میلاد پیامبر (برآورد شده) | ||
| Monday | American Withdrawal Day | روز خروج آمریکایی ها |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
12 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 16 Feb, Tue 17 Feb | 13 Feb – 18 Feb 2026 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Liberation Day, First Day of Ramadan (estimated) |
| Thu 19 Feb | 18 Feb – 21 Feb 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | First Day of Ramadan (estimated) |
| Mon 23 Mar, Tue 24 Mar, Wed 25 Mar, Thu 26 Mar | 20 Mar – 28 Mar 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated) |
| Sun 26 Apr, Mon 27 Apr | 24 Apr – 28 Apr 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Mojahedin's Victory Day |
| Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 28 Apr – 2 May 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Mojahedin's Victory Day |
| Sun 24 May, Mon 25 May | 22 May – 30 May 2026 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | Day of Arafah (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Sun 16 Aug, Mon 17 Aug, Tue 18 Aug | 14 Aug – 19 Aug 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Islamic Emirate Victory Day, Afghanistan Independence Day |
| Thu 20 Aug | 19 Aug – 22 Aug 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Afghanistan Independence Day |
| Sun 23 Aug, Mon 24 Aug | 21 Aug – 25 Aug 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Wed 26 Aug, Thu 27 Aug | 25 Aug – 29 Aug 2026 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Sun 30 Aug | 28 Aug – 31 Aug 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | American Withdrawal Day |
| Tue 1 Sep, Wed 2 Sep, Thu 3 Sep | 31 Aug – 5 Sep 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | American Withdrawal Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code AF (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (country not covered) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.af) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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