<s>
.af	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Afghanistan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
26	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
.af	B-General_Concept
was	O
used	O
by	O
5960	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registration	O
is	O
made	O
directly	O
at	O
the	O
second	O
level	O
,	O
or	O
on	O
the	O
third	O
level	O
beneath	O
various	O
categorized	O
subdomains	B-Protocol
at	O
the	O
second	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
have	O
restrictions	O
based	O
on	O
which	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
they	O
are	O
registered	O
under	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.af	B-General_Concept
domain	O
was	O
delegated	O
to	O
Abdul	O
Razeeq	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
Taliban	O
fighters	O
had	O
captured	O
Kabul	O
and	O
founded	O
the	O
Islamic	O
Emirate	O
of	O
Afghanistan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
Kabul	O
the	O
.af	B-General_Concept
domain	O
again	O
came	O
under	O
the	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
Taliban	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ICANN	B-Application
said	O
it	O
"	O
defers	O
decision	O
making	O
to	O
within	O
the	O
country	O
"	O
.	O
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