Public holidays in Afghanistan 2025

14 nationwide public holidays in 2025.

Next nationwide holiday in Afghanistan

See the list of nationwide holidays below.

Nationwide holidays 2025

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
15 February Saturday	Saturday	Liberation Day National day روز آزادی	روز آزادی
1 March Saturday	Saturday	First Day of Ramadan Religious اول رمضان	اول رمضان
30 March Sunday	Sunday	Eid al-Fitr Religious عید فطر	عید فطر
31 March Monday	Monday	Eid al-Fitr Religious عید فطر	عید فطر
1 April Tuesday	Tuesday	Eid al-Fitr Religious عید فطر	عید فطر
28 April Monday	Monday	Mojahedin's Victory Day National day روز پیروزی مجاهدین	روز پیروزی مجاهدین
6 June Friday	Friday	Day of Arafah Religious روز عرفه	روز عرفه
7 June Saturday	Saturday	Eid al-Adha Religious عید قربانی	عید قربانی
8 June Sunday	Sunday	Eid al-Adha Religious عید قربانی	عید قربانی
9 June Monday	Monday	Eid al-Adha Religious عید قربانی	عید قربانی
15 August Friday	Friday	Islamic Emirate Victory Day National day روز پیروزی امارت اسلامی	روز پیروزی امارت اسلامی
19 August Tuesday	Tuesday	Afghanistan Independence Day National day روز استقلال افغانستان	روز استقلال افغانستان
31 August Sunday	Sunday	American Withdrawal Day روز خروج آمریکایی ها	روز خروج آمریکایی ها
5 September Friday	Friday	Prophet's Birthday Religious میلاد پیامبر	میلاد پیامبر

Long weekends and bridge days 2025

Based on nationwide holidays and the weekend in Afghanistan (Friday and Saturday). Regional, local and group holidays are not included.

Long weekends

Fri 28 Mar – Tue 1 Apr · 5 days off
Eid al-Fitr
Typically in Kabul: high 17°C (63°F), low 3°C (37°F), rain on 37% of days
Fri 6 Jun – Mon 9 Jun · 4 days off
Day of Arafah, Eid al-Adha
Typically in Kabul: high 28°C (82°F), low 11°C (52°F), rain on 13% of days
Fri 29 Aug – Sun 31 Aug · 3 days off
American Withdrawal Day
Typically in Kabul: high 29°C (84°F), low 12°C (54°F), rain on 33% of days

Bridge days

Sun 27 Apr: take 1 day off, get 4 days in a row (Fri 25 Apr – Mon 28 Apr)
Mojahedin's Victory Day
Typically in Kabul: high 22°C (72°F), low 6°C (43°F), rain on 24% of days

Leave planner 2025

Choose how many leave days you can take for one break. The planner finds the breaks that give the most days off in a row around nationwide holidays and weekends, and marks the leave days on the calendar below.

Leave days per break: 3

Longest break with up to 3 leave days: Thu 27 Mar – Sat 5 Apr — 10 days off for 3 leave days (Thu 27 Mar, Wed 2 Apr, Thu 3 Apr).Show on calendar ↓

Take 1 day off (Thu 13 Feb) get 3 days in a rowThu 13 Feb – Sat 15 Feb · Liberation DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 27 Feb) get 3 days in a rowThu 27 Feb – Sat 1 Mar · First Day of RamadanShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 27 Mar) get 6 days in a rowThu 27 Mar – Tue 1 Apr · Eid al-FitrShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Sun 27 Apr) get 4 days in a rowFri 25 Apr – Mon 28 Apr · Mojahedin's Victory DayShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 5 Jun) get 5 days in a rowThu 5 Jun – Mon 9 Jun · Day of Arafah, Eid al-AdhaShow on calendar ↓
Take 1 day off (Thu 28 Aug) get 4 days in a rowThu 28 Aug – Sun 31 Aug · American Withdrawal DayShow on calendar ↓