The districts of Afghanistan, known as wuleswali (, wuləswāləi;, wuləswālī), are secondary-level administrative units, one level below provinces. The Afghan government issued its first district map in 1973. It recognized 325 districts, counting wuleswalis (districts), alaqadaries (sub-districts), and markaz-e-wulaiyat (provincial center districts). In the ensuing years, additional districts have been added through splits, and some eliminated through merges. In June 2005, the Afghan government issued a map of 398 districts. It was widely adopted by many information management systems, though usually with the addition of Sharak-e-Hayratan for 399 districts in total. It remains the de facto standard as of late 2018, despite a string of government announcements of the creation of new districts. The latest announced set includes 421 districts. The country's Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) came up with a joint, consolidated list of Afghan districts. It has handed this list over to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), which has used it in preparing the elections. The set contains 387 "districts" and 34 "provincial center districts" for 412 districts in total. This article does not correspond with any particular district set; it lacks a number of districts currently recognized by the Afghan government, and some others that are popularly, but not officially, recognized.

List of districts

Northern Afghanistan

North East Afghanistan

Badakhshan Province

Baghlan Province

Kunduz Province

Takhar Province

North West Afghanistan

Balkh Province

Faryab Province

Jowzjan Province

Samangan Province

Sar-e Pol Province

Central Afghanistan

Central Afghanistan

Bamyan Province

Kabul Province

Kapisa Province

Logar Province

Panjshir Province

Parwan Province

Maidan Wardak Province

Eastern Afghanistan

Kunar Province

Laghman Province

Nangarhar Province

Nuristan Province

Western Afghanistan

Badghis Province

Farah Province

Ghor Province

Herat Province

Southern Afghanistan

South East Afghanistan

Ghazni Province

Khost Province

Paktia Province

Paktika Province

South West Afghanistan

Daykundi Province

Helmand Province

Kandahar Province

Nimruz Province

Orūzgān Province

Zabul Province