1 Badakhshan
Fayzabad
Ahmad Faisal Begzad
44,059 km2 (17,011 sq mi)
Persian, Khowar, Pashto, Kyrgyz, Shughni, Munji, Ishkashimi, Wakhi
2 Badghis
Badghis
Jamaluddin Ishaq
20,590.6 km2 (7,950.1 sq mi)
Dari Persian, Pashto, Turkmen
3 Baghlan
Puli Khumri
Abdul Hai Naimati
21,118 km2 (8,154 sq mi)
Dari (Afghan Persian) Pashto
4 Balkh
Mazar-i-Sharif
Atta Muhammad Nur
16,186.3 km2 (6,249.6 sq mi)
Dari, Pashto, Turkmen, Uzbek
5 Bamyan
Bamyan
Habiba Sarabi
14,175 km2 (5,473 sq mi)
Dari, Pashto
6 Daykundi
Nili
Masooma Muradi
18,088 km2 (6,984 sq mi)
Persian (Hazaragi and Dari dialects)
7 Farah
Farah
Mohammad Asif Shah Jahan
48,470.9 km2 (18,714.7 sq mi)
Pashto Dari
8 Faryab
Maymana
Sayed Anwar Sadat
20,797.6 km2 (8,030.0 sq mi)
Uzbek Turkmen Dari (Persian)
9 Ghazni
Ghazni
Abdul Karim Matin
22,915 km2 (8,848 sq mi)
Dari Hazaragi Pashto
10 Ghōr
Firuzkoh
Ghulam Nasir Khaze
36,478.8 km2 (14,084.5 sq mi)
Hazaragi Dari Pashto
11 Helmand
Lashkar Gah
Hayatullah Hayat
58,584 km2 (22,619 sq mi)
Pashto & Balochi
12 Herat
Herat
Mohammad Asif Rahimi
54,778.0 km2 (21,149.9 sq mi)
13 Jowzjan
Sheberghan
Maulvi Lutfullah Azizi
11,798.3 km2 (4,555.3 sq mi)
Dari Uzbek Turkmen Pashto
14 Kabul
Kabul
Hamid Akram
4,461.6 km2 (1,722.6 sq mi)
15 Kandahar
Kandahar
Zalmay Wesa
54,022 km2 (20,858 sq mi)
Pashto
16 Kapisa
Kapisa
Mahmud-i-Raqi
1,842.1 km2 (711.2 sq mi)
Pashto, Persian and Pashayi
17 Khost
Khost
Hukam Khan Habibi
4,151.5 km2 (1,602.9 sq mi)
18 Kunar
Asadabad
Wahidullah Kalimzai
4,339 km2 (1,675 sq mi)
19 Kunduz
Kunduz
Asadullah Omarkhail
8,040 km2 (3,100 sq mi)
Dari Pashto Uzbek Turkmen
20 Laghman
Mihtarlam
Dr Abdul Jabbar Naeemi
3,842.6 km2 (1,483.6 sq mi)
Pashto Dari Pashayi
21 Logar
Puli Alam
Mohammad Halim Fidai
3,879.8 km2 (1,498.0 sq mi)
22 Nangarhar
Jalalabad
Mohammad Gulab Mangal
7,727 km2 (2,983 sq mi)
23 Nimruz
Zaranj
Muhammad Samiullah
41,356 km2 (15,968 sq mi)
Pashto Balochi Dari
24 Nuristan
Parun
Hafiz Abdul Qayyum
9,225.0 km2 (3,561.8 sq mi)
Nuristani
25 Urozgan
Tarinkot
Nazeer Ahmad
12,640 km2 (4,880 sq mi)
Hazaragi Pashto
26 Paktia
Gardez
Maj Gen Zalmai Weesa
6,432 km2 (2,483 sq mi)
27 Paktika
Sharana
Ilyas Wahdat
19,482 km2 (7,522 sq mi)
28 Panjshir
Bazarak
Muhammad Arif Sarwari
3,610 km2 (1,390 sq mi)
Dari
29 Parwan
Charikar
Mohammad Asim Asim
5,974 km2 (2,307 sq mi)
Dari and Pashto
30 Samangan
Samangan
Mohammad Hashim Zare
11,262 km2 (4,348 sq mi)
Persian Uzbeki Pashto
31 Sar-e Pol
Sar-e Pol
Mohammad Zahir Wahdat
16,360 km2 (6,320 sq mi)
Dari Uzbeki Pashto
32 Takhar
Taloqan
Yasin Zia
12,333 km2 (4,762 sq mi)
Dari (Afghan Persian)
33 Wardak
Maidan Shar
9,934 km2 (3,836 sq mi)
Persian Pashto
34 Zabul
Qalat
Bismillah Afghanmal
17,343 km2 (6,696 sq mi)