Historical Flags (Afghanistan)

Last modified: 2005-02-12 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• 1901-1919
• 1919-1921
• 1921-1926 or 1928
• 1926 or 1928 - June or September 1928
• June or September 1928 - January 1929
• January 1929 - October 1929
• October 1929 - 1931
• 1931-1973
• 1973-1974
• May 1974 - April 1978
• April 1978 - October 1978
• October 1978 - April 1980
• April 1980 - November 1987
• November 1987 - April 1992
• April 1992 - December 1992
• December 1992 - September 1996
• September 1996 - November 2001 (Taliban regime)
• Flags used November-December 2001
• January 2002 - January 2004
• Since January 2004

See also:

• Mujahideen and anti-Taliban groups 1992-2001
• Nuristan secessionist movement 1970's (Afghanistan)
• Afghanistan

Other sites:

• A comprehensive political and vexillological history of Afghanistan, by Jaume Ollé (Spanish text only):
  • I : Pre-1901 period
  • II : Emirate
  • III : Kingdom
  • IV : Republic
  • V : Democratic Republic
  • VI : Islamic State
  • VII : Islamic Emirate
• Flags of Afghanistan at the Afghanland.com website

Afghanistan has been deemed the winner of "the most frequent flag changes in the twentieth century" contest:

• 1901-1919 Black field with central white emblem of mosque, flags and wreath.
• 1919-1928 Same, except central emblem surrounded by eight pointed sunburst.
• 1928-Sep.1928 Similar to 1901.
• Sep.1928-Jan.1929 Vertical black, red, green. Central white emblem of mountains, sun, wreath, topped by a star.
• Jan.1929-Oct.1929 Similar to 1919-1928.
• Oct.1929-1930 Same three-striped field, but using earlier emblem surrounded by sunburst.
• 1930-1973 Same three-striped field, central white emblem of mosque, flags, and wreath.
• 1973-1974 Same as the previous one, without the date in the emblem.
• May 1974-Apr.1978 Horizontal field, lower half green, upper half is black over red. Emblem in upper hoist of eagle, pulpit, wreath, sunburst.
• Apr.1978-Oct.1978 Same as previous, no emblem.
• Oct.1978-A