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Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Afghanistan for 2021 ready to be integrated into your application.

Afghanistan is a country located in South-Central Asia, whose earlier days had ties with the Silk Road, blending Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. Throughout the years, many great wars have been fought on this land, giving it the title, “the graveyard of empires.” On April 21, 1709, Afghanistan was officially founded as the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
February 15th Monday Liberation Day
March 8th Monday Mother's Day
March 20th Saturday March Equinox
March 21st Sunday Persian New Year's Day Long weekend.
March 22nd Monday Day after the Persian New Year
April 13th Tuesday First Day of Ramadan
April 28th Wednesday Mujahideen Victory Day
May 1st Saturday International Workers' Day
May 13th Thursday Festival of Breaking the Fast Long weekend.
May 14th Friday Second Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
May 15th Saturday Third Day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast
June 20th Sunday Father's Day Long weekend.
June 21st Monday June Solstice
July 19th Monday Day of Arafah
July 20th Tuesday Feast of the Sacrifice
July 21st Wednesday Second Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice
July 22nd Thursday Third Day of the Feast of the Sacrifice Long weekend.
August 18th Wednesday Ashura
August 19th Thursday Independence Day Long weekend.
September 22nd Wednesday September Equinox
October 19th Tuesday Birth of the Prophet
December 21st Tuesday December Solstice
December 31st Friday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="AF" -d year="2021" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__" "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "AF",
  "year": "2021",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'AF',
  year: '2021',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'AF',
  'year' => '2021',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "AF"
$Body.year = "2021"
$Url = "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'AF',
  'year': '2021',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'AF',
  'year': '2021',
})