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Article 14:

(1) Provisions of this Law shall be applied to persons who commit crime within the area of the Republican Government of Afghanistan. The area of the Republican Government of Afghanistan encompasses any place under its jurisdiction.

(2) Afghan air-planes and ships, whether inside or outside Afghanistan, are considered from the area of Afghanistan, unless they are, according to general principles of international law, subject (to authority) of a foreign state.

Article 15:

Provisions of this Law are also applicable to the following persons:

1. Any person who commits an act outside Afghanistan as a result of which he is considered the performer of or accomplice in a crime which has taken place in whole or in part in Afghanistan.

2. Any person who commits one of the following crimes outside Afghanistan:

a. Crime against internal or external security of the state of Afghanistan;

b. Crime of forgery as contained in articles 302 and 303 of this Law,

c. Crime of counterfeiting as contained in article 310 of this Law or import of forged or counterfeited articles to Afghanistan.

Article 16:

(1) Provisions of this Law are also applicable to crimes committed outside Afghanistan by Afghan officials and employees or foreign nationals assigned to public services by Afghanistan and who commit the crime during the performance of their assigned duties or for reasons thereof.

(2) Provisions of this Law are also applicable to crimes committed against persons noted in the above paragraph during the performance of their assigned duties or for reasons thereof.

Article 17:

(1) Provisions of this Law are applicable to any persons who commit a crime against Afghan or Afghanistan's interests; outside Afghanistan.

(2) Penal claims against those committing these crimes shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Law of Penal Proceedings.

Article 18:

Any Afghan who discharges of an act outside Afghanistan which is considered crime according to the provisions of this Law shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Law in case of returning to Afghanistan, provided that the said act is punishable under the laws of the country in which it was committed.