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Afghanistan, an OIC member since 1969, has built an Islamic banking framework through its central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), which has published licensing rules for Islamic financial institutions, a Sharia governance framework and manuals for full-fledged Islamic banks and Islamic windows of conventional banks.
In 2022 the central bank announced that the country's banking and financial system would be converted to a fully Islamic framework, and issued a guideline on converting conventional banks into Islamic banks. It has described the conversion as a long process. This guide lists the institutions behind each part, with their pages on Wasabih.
Da Afghanistan Bank announced in 2022 that the banking and financial system would be converted to a fully Islamic framework and issued a conversion guideline for conventional banks; it describes the conversion as a long process.
Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank, which licenses Islamic financial institutions and has issued a Sharia governance framework and compliance manuals.
Yes. Conventional banks have been able to open Islamic banking windows under Da Afghanistan Bank's rules, alongside full-fledged Islamic banks.
Afghanistan has no separate Halal certification authority; exporters of products such as dried fruit, nuts and saffron should check what their buyers' countries require.
Afghanistan has been a member state of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation since 1969.
Part of the Halal economy in Afghanistan?
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