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Afghanistan

Islamic lawTaliban administration; no promulgated constitutionReviewed· 2026-08-03
Capital
Kabul
Population
42,200,000
Languages
Pashto, Dari
Currency
AFN

Afghanistan · Employment

Employment in Afghanistan

What the atlas records on employment in Afghanistan, checked against the primary sources cited below.

Employment

Labour Code intact on paper, women excluded in practice

Indexed· 2026-08-03

The 2007 Labour Code sets a 40-hour week and annual leave, but the decisive development is administrative exclusion of women from most public and NGO employment.

Governing law

  • Labour Code2007
  • Law on Civil Servants2008

In practice

Enforcement machinery — labour inspection, the tripartite wage-setting body — is largely dormant. Written contracts are uncommon outside international organisations. The bans on women working for NGOs and in most government roles have no basis in the Labour Code itself, which is precisely why the code is a poor guide to what actually happens.

Sources

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