Country · South Asia
Afghanistan
Check who the institutions in Afghanistan are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Afghanistan, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Afghanistan at a glance
Every row is the same 14 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 14 · 100%
Identification
- BIC only 14 · 100%
Regulation level
- Not on a tracked register 14 · 100%
LEI
- LEI mapped 9 · 64%
- No LEI mapped 5 · 36%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 14 | 100% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 14 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Not on a tracked register | 14 | 100% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 9 | 64% |
| No LEI mapped | 5 | 36% |
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
BIC data as at 23 September 2026
Institutions in Afghanistan
All 14 institutions in Afghanistan, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first.
- Bank Alfalah Limited BIC ALFHAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ghazanfar Bank BIC GHBKAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Afghan United Bank BIC AFGUAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Afghanistan International Bank BIC AFIBAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Arian Bank BIC AFABAFK1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Azizi Bank BIC AZBAAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Banke Millie Afghan Bma BIC BMAFAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Da Afghanistan Bank BIC AFGBAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Islamic Bank of Afghanistan BIC IBAFAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Maiwand Bank BIC MWBKAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- National Bank of Pakistan Kabul Branch- Pakistan BIC NBPAAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- New Kabul Bank BIC KABUAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Pashtany Bank BIC PIBAAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- The First Microfinance Bank BIC FMFBAFKA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Sanctions
The OFAC or EU lists cite 1 institution in Afghanistan by BIC or LEI, as at 23 September 2026. Listings are matched on the BIC and its LEI, so they cover the 14 institutions here that hold a BIC. Country programmes name Afghanistan; Elucidate grades them as targeted listings only.
Listed institutions
Institutions whose BIC or LEI an OFAC or EU listing cites
EU regimes naming Afghanistan
Entries on the EU consolidated list under each regime, generated 22 September 2026
- Afghanistan / Taliban AFG 140
Level: Targeted listings only (graded by Elucidate).
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Afghanistan. All 14 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Afghanistan’s national authorities are not listed.
Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere
One institution registered in another country gives Afghanistan as its head office. Each counts in the country of its register.
Groups and systemic importance
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| Bank Alfalah Limited | 1 | 6 |
| National Bank of Pakistan | 1 | 2 |
Payments and connectivity
Of the 14 institutions in Afghanistan that hold a BIC, 92.9% are connected to Swift and 1 is a Swift GPI member, as at 23 September 2026.
Connection to Swift
Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory
A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.
Payment schemes
Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme
- Swift GPI members
- 1 institution
- Swift GPI members, live
- 1 institution
All BIC codes in Afghanistan
Look up any of the 16 BIC codes registered in Afghanistan: the head offices and branch codes of the 14 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 2
Sources & method
Each institution counts once, in one country: the BIC country when it holds a BIC, otherwise the country of the register that lists it. Licences in other countries are shown on its page.
Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists.
Read the methodology →Sources for this page
- Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026
- OFAC SDN and consolidated lists—US Treasury · source ↗ published 23 September 2026
- EU consolidated financial sanctions list—European Commission generated 22 September 2026
- GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026
Assess the financial crime risk behind a counterparty
A BIC or a licence identifies an entity; it does not assess it. The Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI) is an independent score of the financial crime risk of banks and payment firms. Read about the FinCrime Index.
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