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Time in Afghanistan
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The time in Afghanistan follows a single standard time offset of UTC+04:30 (four and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time),[1] even though the country spans almost two geographical time zones.
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The official national standard time is called Afghanistan Time (AFT) internationally.[2][3][4]