Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was founded in 1967 as a public airline in Afghanistan.
The company provided services for local flights between provinces of the country as well as international flights for several decades and it had many airplanes.

In 1988, the Afghan government and the executive management of Bakhtar Afghan Airline decided to join Ariana Afghan Airlines, another state-owned airline, due to political conflicts, technical problems, and financial liquidity of the company.

Fortunately, in reference to presidential decree No. 70, on 06/06/1398 of his Excellency Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Bakhtar Airline received its air operator certificate and is under establishment process as a state-owned entity which will provide its domestic flights to many provinces connecting them to major cities of Afghanistan, especially in hard-to-land areas.

Currently, Bakhtar has started its flight operation to serve people throughout the country.