The present study was performed to evaluate the genetic diversity and the reaction of 36 chickpea genotypes to Ascochyta blight using AFLP molecular marker and morphological and agronomic traits. A field experiment was done in the form of a simple 6 × 6 lattice program with two repetitions, over 2013-2014 in the Saral research station in Kurdistan and over 2014-2015 in Kermanshah Province.