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CEX.IO in Afghanistan: not available

Availability
Not available
Bitcoin in Afghanistan
Banned
Our rating
4.0
Review updated
2026-08-27

Bitcoin access is banned in Afghanistan

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Bitcoin access is banned in Afghanistan, and CEX.IO does not serve residents of Afghanistan either: Afghanistan is on the list of restricted countries that CEX.IO itself publishes, quoted below with the date it was read. Cryptocurrency is banned in Afghanistan. Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank, declared crypto trading forbidden in August 2022, and police in Herat shut down local crypto dealerships and arrested traders that same month.

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Availability
Not available
Ranks in
146 country guides
Currency
Afghan afghani (AFN)
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom

Where this comes from

Derived from CEX.IO's support article listing the countries and territories it does not currently support, https://support.cex.io/en/articles/4560858-the-following-countries-and-territories-are-not-currently-supported-by-cex-io, read on 2026-09-05. It is an exclusion list: every country listed here is a sourced no, and a country absent from it is unknown rather than served. The article gives international and local regulation as the reason, and also names North Korea, which has no guide on this site and is not listed; availability by US state is covered on the state pages from the separate licence table.

CEX.IO: countries and territories not supported

Platforms that state they serve Afghanistan

Our Afghanistan guide ranks no exchange yet.

Where CEX.IO does work

CEX.IO ranks in 146 of our country guides and lists 27 other countries it cannot serve. Every country, with rank and rails

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Frequently asked questions

Is CEX.IO available in Afghanistan?

No. CEX.IO lists Afghanistan among the countries whose residents it cannot serve. Derived from CEX.IO's support article listing the countries and territories it does not currently support, https://support.cex.io/en/articles/4560858-the-following-countries-and-territories-are-not-currently-supported-by-cex-io, read on 2026-09-05. Our Afghanistan guide was last reviewed 2026-08-20 and the CEX.IO review on 2026-08-27.

Why does CEX.IO not serve Afghanistan?

CEX.IO names Afghanistan on the restricted-countries list it publishes, without a per-country reason. The list is quoted on this page with the date it was read; a country absent from it is unknown rather than served, which is why this site only says no where the operator itself does.

What platforms state that they serve Afghanistan?

Our Afghanistan guide ranks no exchange yet.

Is bitcoin legal in Afghanistan?

Cryptocurrency is banned in Afghanistan. Da Afghanistan Bank, the central bank, declared crypto trading forbidden in August 2022, and police in Herat shut down local crypto dealerships and arrested traders that same month. The ban remains in force, there is no licensing framework, and sanctions on Taliban-controlled institutions keep regulated foreign platforms out of the market entirely.

Where is CEX.IO available?

CEX.IO ranks in 146 of our country guides and lists 28 countries it cannot serve, Afghanistan included. Both lists are on the CEX.IO countries page.

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