Afghan nationality law

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Afghanistan Citizenship Act
Parliament of Afghanistan
Long title An Act relating to Afghanistan citizenship
Enacted by	Government of Afghanistan
Status: Current legislation

Politics of Afghanistan
Constitution Loya jirga ("Grand assembly") Human rights Human Rights Commission LGBT rights Treatment of women by the Taliban
Government Taliban Islamic Movement Leader (list) Hibatullah Akhundzada Prime Minister Hasan Akhund (acting) Deputy leaders Sirajuddin Haqqani Mohammad Yaqoob Abdul Ghani Baradar Deputy prime ministers Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting, first) Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting, second) Abdul Kabir (acting, third) Rahbari Shura Cabinet
Judiciary Law of Afghanistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai Deputy chief justices Mohammad Qasim Rasikh (first) Sheikh Abdul Malik (second) Capital punishment
Law enforcement Ministry of Justice Minister: Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai (acting) Ministry of Interior Affairs Minister: Sirajuddin Haqqani (acting) Afghan National Police Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Minister: Mohammad Khalid (acting)
Administrative divisions Provinces Governors Districts Subdistricts
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2014 2019 Parliamentary: 2010 2018 Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting) Diplomatic missions of / in Afghanistan Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Recognition of the Islamic Emirate Afghanistan and the United Nations
Afghanistan portal Other countries
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Afghan nationality law is the law governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Afghan citizenship. Afghanistan follows jus soli and allows Afghan people to become citizens of Afghanistan, regardless of ethnicity or gender. There have been controversial proposals about using jus sanguinis on ethnic Pashtuns.

The Afghan nationality law is based on both principles of limited jus soli, whereby a person born in Afghanistan to foreign parents, one of whom were born in Afghanistan, acquires Afghan nationality, or if they "come of age" (turn 18 years of age) in Afghanistan they become Afghan.

The Afghanistan constitution prohibits the involuntary loss of Afghan citizenship.

See also[]

• Afghan identity card
• Afghan passport
• Visa requirements for Afghan citizens
• Afghan diaspora
• Durand Line

References[]

• http://www.refworld.org/docid/42d63de34.html
• https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2013/06/11/Dual%20Citizenship.pdf