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'''.af''' is the Country Code Top-Level Domain ([[ccTLD]]) for Afghanistan.<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/af.html Delegation Record for .AF], IANA.org. Retrieved 2015 July 6.</ref>
'''.af''' is the ccTLD for Afghanistan. It is managed by the Ministry of Communications and IT.<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/af.html IANA: Delegation Record for .AF</ref>


Its national domain administrator and registry operator are both governmental organizations. Afghanistan Network Information Centre ([[AfgNIC|AFGNIC]]) is the operator and a department under the TLD Administrator, ICT Directorate, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.<ref name="study">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/eurid-middle-east-dns-study-initial-13oct15-en.pdf MEAC DNS Study], ICANN.org. Published 2015 October 13. Retrieved 2015 November 12.</ref>
Its national domain administrator and registry operator are both governmental organizations. Afghanistan Network Information Centre ([[AfgNIC|AFGNIC]]) is the operator and a department under the TLD Administrator, ICT Directorate, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.<ref name="study">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/eurid-middle-east-dns-study-initial-13oct15-en.pdf MEAC DNS Study], ICANN.org. Published 2015 October 13. Retrieved 2015 November 12.</ref>


== Redelegation ==
== Delegation History ==


The .af ccTLD was one of the first ones to be re-delegated in the Middle East region. It was re-delegated by the [[IANA]] in October 1997, wherein [[NetNames]] agreed to perform technical operations and provide free registration services on a temporary basis, until a stable registry operation could be established within the country. However, due to the country's ungoing civil war in the late '90s, NetNames, in consultation with IANA, halted registration of .af domain names, though it continued to make nameserver updates and to provide DNS resolution for the zone. By early 2000, NetNames and IANA could no longer have an on-site administrative contact person, as the one they did have disappeared.<ref name="study"></ref>
The .af ccTLD was one of the first ones to be re-delegated in the Middle East region. It was re-delegated by IANA in October 1997, wherein [[NetNames]] agreed to perform technical operations and provide free registration services on a temporary basis, until a stable registry operation could be established within the country. However, due to the country's ungoing civil war in the late '90s, NetNames, in consultation with IANA, halted registration of .af domain names, though it continued to make nameserver updates and to provide DNS resolution for the zone. By early 2000, NetNames and IANA could no longer have an on-site administrative contact person, as the one they did have disappeared.<ref name="study"></ref>
 
It was under approval of the [[Afghan Interim Administration]], which ceased existing about a year after the September 9/11 attacks, that the [[UNDP]] assumed the administration of the .af registry. Only a very small Internet community was found in Afghanistan at that time, primarily established by international organizations and NGOs located in Kabul. The UNDP agreed that, whenever possible, it would restore DNS service, build technical and administrative capacity within Afghanistan, and to shift technical operations to a community-based structure that included many sectors of society.<ref name="study"></ref>


It was under approval of the [[Afghan Interim Administration]] -- which ceased existing about a year after the September 9/11 attacks -- that the [[UNDP]] assumed the administration of the [[.af]] registry. Only a very small Internet community was found in Afghanistan at that time, primarily established by international organizations and NGOs located in Kabul. The UNDP agreed that, whenever possible, it would restore DNS service, build technical and administrative capacity within Afghanistan, and to shift technical operations to a community-based structure that included many sectors of society.<ref name="study"></ref>
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 23:41, 23 October 2024

Status: Active
country: Afghanistan
Registry Provider: Ministry of Communications and IT
Type: ccTLD
More information:

.af is the ccTLD for Afghanistan. It is managed by the Ministry of Communications and IT.[1]

Its national domain administrator and registry operator are both governmental organizations. Afghanistan Network Information Centre (AFGNIC) is the operator and a department under the TLD Administrator, ICT Directorate, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.[2]

Delegation History edit

The .af ccTLD was one of the first ones to be re-delegated in the Middle East region. It was re-delegated by IANA in October 1997, wherein NetNames agreed to perform technical operations and provide free registration services on a temporary basis, until a stable registry operation could be established within the country. However, due to the country's ungoing civil war in the late '90s, NetNames, in consultation with IANA, halted registration of .af domain names, though it continued to make nameserver updates and to provide DNS resolution for the zone. By early 2000, NetNames and IANA could no longer have an on-site administrative contact person, as the one they did have disappeared.[2]

It was under approval of the Afghan Interim Administration, which ceased existing about a year after the September 9/11 attacks, that the UNDP assumed the administration of the .af registry. Only a very small Internet community was found in Afghanistan at that time, primarily established by international organizations and NGOs located in Kabul. The UNDP agreed that, whenever possible, it would restore DNS service, build technical and administrative capacity within Afghanistan, and to shift technical operations to a community-based structure that included many sectors of society.[2]

References edit

  1. ↑ [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/af.html IANA: Delegation Record for .AF
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 MEAC DNS Study, ICANN.org. Published 2015 October 13. Retrieved 2015 November 12.
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