.af domains

Afghanistan

.AF domains pertain to Afghanistan, created in year 1997. It's principal use is for entities connected with Afghanistan.

It's managed by AFGNIC.

Rates and features

.af

63,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period doesn't change

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	63,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	63,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	45,95 €		2 dominitis

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

.com.af

29,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period doesn't change

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	29,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	29,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	19,95 €		2 dominitis

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

.net.af

29,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period doesn't change

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	29,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	29,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	19,95 €		2 dominitis

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

.org.af

29,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period doesn't change

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	29,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	29,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	19,95 €		2 dominitis

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

Regulations

.af domain life cycle

				1 days	28 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date			Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Renew grace period	Redemption period		Domain available

Renew Grace Period
Redemption Period

Permitted characters

.af domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.af domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To be able to complete .AF domain transfers you'll need your current registrar to give you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key, with it you'll be able to verify your domain's ownership.

Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars allow to accept transfers manually, contact your current registrar and find out if they offer this service, in this case the transfer will complete the same day.

When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

Important: You can obtain the Authcode following this link: Domain Authcode Re-Set and Retrieval

Renewals

You can renew your .AF domain at any moment, this process can take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.

Cancellations

It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .AF domain, you'll have to do it opening a ticket (support area). Please note the domain cancellation involves no refund of the domain registration fee.

DNS modifications

DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.

DNSSEC

We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .af domains, thanks to it your domain will be able to take advantage of an additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this tecnology can provide.
You can obtain more information at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work