8am: Afghanistan’s fiscal year and the calendar were based on the solar year. From now on the Hijri Lunar calendar will be practiced. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) cabinet led by Mullah Mohammed Hasan Akhund, the prime minister of the caretaker government, on Monday approved a plan to change the start of the fiscal year from the West’s Gregorian calendar to the Hijri Shamsi, or Persian calendar. Based on the cabinet decision the new fiscal year