The programmes broadcast on BBC 101.6 FM range from health and sport to business and music. Key programmes include Newshour, which offers news and analysis of the day's top stories from around the globe. The World Today examines in detail the stories that make the headlines. Talking Point meanwhile enables listeners and internet users to put questions to leading international figures.

BBC World Service head Eurasia Region Behrouz Afagh said, " Thanks to this development, listeners in Kabul can now hear for the first time the full range of BBC programmes in English in crystal clear quality in addition to BBC programmes broadcast in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek through our other BBC FM stations."

BBC World Service is available globally on short wave; on FM in 139 capital cities; and selected programmes are carried on around 2,000 FM and MW radio stations around the world. BBC World Service claims that its websites receive around 280 million page impressions every month.