Afghan Independence Day

Afghanistan Independence Day

د افغانستان د خپلواکۍ ورځ
*Da Afġānistān da Khpalwakey wraz* (Pashto)

روز استقلال افغانستان
*Roz-e Isteqlal-e Afġānestān* (Persian)
Afghanistan Independence Day د افغانستان د خپلواکۍ ورځ; Da Afġānistān da Khpalwakey wraz (Pashto); روز استقلال افغانستان; Roz-e Isteqlal-e Afġānestān (Persian);
	President Hamid Karzai observing the honor guard of the Afghan Armed Forces during the 2011 Afghan Independence Day in Kabul
Observed by	Afghanistan
Significance	Marks Afghanistan's regaining of full independence from British influence in 1919
Date	19 August
Next time	19 August 2025
Frequency	annual

Afghan Independence Day is celebrated as a national holiday in Afghanistan on 19 August to commemorate the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919^[1] and relinquishment from British Protected state status.^[2] The treaty granted a complete neutral relation between Afghanistan and Britain. Afghanistan had become a British protectorate after the Treaty of Gandamak was signed (1879) in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.