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Afghanistan - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Date of text: 04 January 2004

Policies

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) for Afghanistan 2024-2030.
Date of text: 01 May 2023
Afghanistan National Peace and Development Framework (ANPDF II) 2021 to 2025.
Date of text: 2021
National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2020-2024.
Date of text: 2020
Project to Strengthen and Develop Investment Opportunities in Agricultural Trade (OMAID).
Date of text: 01 November 2019
Afghanistan Drought Risk Management Strategy.
Date of text: 2019

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Statute of the Nangarhar Province’s Agricultural Corporation
Date of text: 15 September 2014
Statute of the Agricultural Development Fund
Date of text: 12 November 2012
Fertilizer and Agricultural Services Act
Date of text: 07 January 2001
Statute of the Afghanistan Agricultural Development Bank
Date of text: 19 January 1970
Regulation on the Establishment, Registration, Strengthening and Functioning of Irrigation Associations.
Date of text: 15 May 2012

Cultivated plants

Plants Protection and Quarantine Law.
Date of text: 21 January 2017
Agricultural Pesticides Law
Date of text: 23 April 2016
Seed Law (No. 149 of 2009).
Date of text: 16 December 2009
Plant Varieties Protection Law
Date of text: 02 July 2016
Statute of Baghlan Sugar Company
Date of text: 10 December 2016

Disaster risk management

Law on disaster response, management and preparedness in the Islamic State of Afghanistan.
Date of text: 2012

Environment

Environment Law.
Date of text: 25 January 2007
Regulation on Evaluation of Environmental and Social Impacts.
Date of text: 09 December 2017
Urban Development and Housing Law.
Date of text: 18 February 2017
Regulation on Reduction and Prevention of Noise Pollution.
Date of text: 18 April 2016
Regulation of Cleaning and Green Spaces in Cities
Date of text: 08 October 2018

Food and nutrition

Food Safety Act
Date of text: 19 July 2016
Regulation on Enrichment of Wheat Flour and Edible Oils.
Date of text: 05 December 2018
Regulation on Laboratory Analysis of Products of Plant Origin.
Date of text: 13 June 2013
Regulation of Salt Iodization
Date of text: 28 February 2011
Regulation on Grains and Rooted Crops Reserve
Date of text: 17 October 2009

Forestry

Forests Law
Date of text: 10 September 2012
Regulation of the Establishment, Registration, Strengthening and Functioning of Forestry Associations
Date of text: 05 February 2014
Regulation of Distribution of Saplings to Institutions, Organizations and Individuals
Date of text: 31 January 2009
Regulation of Protection and Utilization of Pistachio Forest
Date of text: 25 May 2007

Land and soil

Land Affairs Management Law.
Date of text: 15 April 2017
Rangeland Law
Date of text: 07 January 2001
Law on Land Development Corporation.
Date of text: 08 December 2018
Law on the Preservation of Afghanistan’s Historical and Cultural Artefacts.
Date of text: 16 April 2004
Law on Land Expropriation.
Date of text: 08 October 2000

Livestock

Animal Husbandry Act
Date of text: 05 September 2017
Animal Health Law
Date of text: 02 July 2016
Rangeland Law
Date of text: 07 January 2001
Regulation on Importation of Live Animals
Date of text: 11 October 2014
Regulation of Cows Genetic Improvement
Date of text: 01 April 2014

Sea

Instrument on the Establishment and Operation of Offshore Offices.
Date of text: 01 March 2011

Water

Water Affairs Management Law.
Date of text: 04 February 2020
Regulation on Water Quality Control
Date of text: 14 May 2016
Regulation on Bed and Surrounding of Water Resources and Water Infrastructures.
Date of text: 10 October 2015
Regulation on the Establishment, Registration, Strengthening and Functioning of Irrigation Associations.
Date of text: 15 May 2012
Framework for water management in river basins.
Date of text: 15 April 2011

Wild species and ecosystems

Wildlife Conservation and Hunting Act.
Date of text: 07 January 2001
Regulation of Protection and Utilization of Wild Medical Plants
Date of text: 22 November 2013
Regulation on Protection and Trade of Wild Medical Plants
Date of text: 11 September 2013

Miscellaneous

Civil Code (1977)
Date of text: 05 January 1977
Minerals Law.
Date of text: 13 October 2020
Cooperative Law.
Date of text: 30 October 1974
Law on Municipality.
Date of text: 06 January 1959
Access to Information Act.
Date of text: 31 March 2018

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on cooperation in the sphere of civil protection, prevention of emergencies and mitigation of the consequences thereof.
Date of text: 20 November 2015
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on cooperation in the development and management of water resources of the Pyanj and Amu Darya rivers.
Date of text: 25 October 2010
Protocol between the Minister of Energy and Water of Afghanistan and the Minister of Water Resources and Melioration ad the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of the Republic of Tajikistan on shared water resources of 2007.
Date of text: 03 August 2007

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