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Radio broadcasting Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
has been the most popular form of
mass media in Afghanistan The mass media in Afghanistan includes printing, broadcasting, and digital. It is mainly in Dari and Pashto, the official languages of the nation. According to the Attorney General's Office of Afghanistan, "there are 1,879 active media outlets in A ...
since 1925, which is mostly in
Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī  ...
and
Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
languages.
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...
currently has over 200 AM, FM and
shortwave Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...
radio stations. The following is an incomplete list of radio stations in Afghanistan:


International localized

* Afghanistan International AM 999 / 7600 *
All India Radio All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All ...
(AIR) in Pashto and Dari *
BBC World Service The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the British Government through the Foreign Secretary's office. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception a ...
FM 89.0 in Pashto and Dari languages *
China Radio International China Radio International (CRI) is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of China. It is currently headquartered in the Babaoshan area of Beijing's Shijingshan District. It was founded on December 3, 1941, as Radio Peking. It later ...
in Pashto *
Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service cons ...
(DW) in Pashto and Dari * IRIB World Service in Pashto and Dari *
Radio Azadi Radio Azadi (formerly Radio Free Afghanistan) is the Afghan branch of the U.S. government's Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) external broadcast services. It broadcasts 12 hours daily as part of a 24-hour stream of programming in co ...
FM 100.5 in Kabul *
Radio Free Afghanistan Radio Azadi (formerly Radio Free Afghanistan) is the Afghan branch of the U.S. government's Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) external broadcast services. It broadcasts 12 hours daily as part of a 24-hour stream of programming in co ...
(RFA) in Pashto and Dari * Radio Saudi International in Pashto *
TRT World TRT World is a Turkish public broadcaster international news channel which broadcasts in English 24 hours a day, operated by the TRT and based in Taksim Square, Istıklal Avenue, Beyoğlu, Istanbul. It provides worldwide news and current affairs ...
in Pashto and Dari *
Voice of America Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the State media, state-owned news network and International broadcasting, international radio broadcaster of the United States, United States of America. It is the largest and oldest U.S.-funded international br ...
(VOA) in Pashto and Dari language * Voice of Tajik in Dari


National

* Ariana FM 93.5, commercial *
Arman FM ARMAN FM is a general entertainment commercial radio station in Afghanistan. It broadcasts 24/7 in Dari and Pashto and is also available on live stream on ARMAN FM's website. History ARMAN FM takes its name from the Dari/Pashto word that means � ...
98.1, commercial *
Radio Afghanistan Radio Afghanistan, also known as Radio Kabul or Voice of Sharia, is the public radio station of Afghanistan, owned by Radio Television Afghanistan. The frequencies are 1107 kHz (AM) and 105.2 MHz (FM) for the Kabul area. The name ''Radio Kabul' ...
, public
Salam Watandar FM
98.9, commercial


Regional

* Radio Srood * Saba Radio * Radio Nawa FM 103.1 * Afghan Ghag FM 106.1 * Radio Cheenar FM 89.8 Khost * Paktia Ghag Radio station FM 94.2 * De Paktia De Shezo ghag Radio FM 88.2 * Radio Youth FM 97.5 * Kabul Rock FM 108.0 in Kabul * Radio Aryana FM 93.5 in Kabul * Spogmai FM FM 102.2 in Kabul * Radio kILID FM 87.5 in Kabul *Radio Hamisha Bahar fm 90.6 Nangarhar province * Radio FM 89.4 in Kabul * Radio Shaher FM 95.5 in Kabul * Radio Nakhter FM 90.7 in Assadabad, Kunar Province * Radio Zala FM 89.2 in Kunar Province * Radio Zala FM 92.1 In Nangarhar Province Jalalabad *Radio Turkmen FM 92.9 in Jowzjan province *Radio Helmand Medium Wave 6KW and 2.5KW FM transmission equipment *Radio Watandar Upgrade to 2.5KW in Kabul *Radio Maiwand 92.7 *Radio Mowj 105.5 *Radio Alim *Radio Mojdah Herat 91.3 *Radio Baraan Harat *Radio Watandar Harat 87.5 *Radio Maherr Mazar e Sharif *Radio Waranga in Kandahar *Radio Samoon Helmand *Radio Safa 89.7 Nangarhar *Radio Muska Helmand *Radio Sharq Upgrade 91.3 *Radio Nargis 92.4 *Radio Zala Kunar with Three FM Repeater system *Radio Muram Jalalabad 97.8 *Radio Abasin Jalalabad 91.8 *Radio NAN Jalalabad 99.9 *Radio Nary Kunar 89.2 *Radio Nuristan in Kalagush 89.00 *Radio NAN Khost 89.2 *Radio Zanat Logar *Radio Dunya Parwan 105.5 *Radio Paiwastoon Urzgan *Radio Enikass FM 97.1 in Jalalabad *Radio Bost FM Helmand *Radio Hamesha Bahar 90.6 *Radio TOLO Khorshid Parwan *Radio Awashtoon Paktia 88.8 *Radio Talwasa Am 945 *Radio Kahkashan *Radio Amaan GHAG jalalabad 96.9 *Radio Hamasa Qondoz *Radio Omid Farda Takhar 91.5 *Radio Eslah Mazer e Sharif 104.3 *Radio Eslah poli khumri 104.3 *Radio Nan FM paktia *Radio Ansar Herat 97.11 *Radio Zama Kandahar 89.1 *Radio Taroon Ghaag Urozgaan 88.5 *Pakhtoonistan FM Nangarhar *Radio Gorbat (GRTV) 107,7 FM *Radio Tanin 89.7FM


See also

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Communications in Afghanistan Communications in Afghanistan is under the control of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). It has rapidly expanded after the Karzai administration took over in late 2001, and has embarked on wireless companies, interne ...


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Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...