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Afghanistan Time (AFT) is the official time zone of Afghanistan, operating at UTC+4:30. It is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

AFT is observed across the entire country of Afghanistan, including major cities such as Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, and Mazar-i-Sharif.

Afghanistan does not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST). AFT remains UTC+4:30 throughout the year.

New York (EST/EDT): AFT is 9 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC-5:00) and 8 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4:00).

London (GMT/BST): AFT is 4 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) and 3 hours and 30 minutes ahead of British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1:00).

Dubai (GST): AFT is 30 minutes behind Gulf Standard Time (GST, UTC+4:00).

Tokyo (JST): AFT is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9:00).

No other countries share Afghanistan’s exact time zone (UTC+4:30). However, Iran (UTC+3:30) and Pakistan (UTC+5:00) are in neighboring time zones.

Afghanistan uses an unusual offset of UTC+4:30 due to its geographic location. The half-hour time zone offset is designed to closely match the country’s solar time.

Afghanistan has a unique time zone of UTC+4:30, which is not shared by any other country. However, nearby time zones include Iran (UTC+3:30) and Pakistan (UTC+5:00).