Flag

Flag The afghanistan flag constists of three diffrent virticul colors in the center of the red stripe is the afghan emblem either in white,gold and yellow. The emblem is in religious inscription there are conflicting discription of the Afghanistan flag's meanings In 2002 when this version of the Afghanistan flag was adopted border affairs ministry official Abdul Wakil Omari said the the flag's colors represented different times in the country's history Omari said that black represented the 19th century era when afganistan was occupied and no independent. that red represented the fight for independence the stands for that the independence was achieved but these three colors originated in 1928 and have been on Afghan flags since then until 1978. So it is thought that the color black may represent previous Afghan flags wich means the sovereign red was possibly introduced by the former King Aman Allah as a sign of progress. Copied from the Soviet flag and that green stands for Islam before the 20th century the flag was all black between october 1978 and April 1980 the Afghan flag was prodminantly red with an emblem in the top left corner After the Taliban were defeated in late 2001 both the 1992 and 1973 flags were flown by diffrent factions.

Historical flags
 * **Years of Use** || **Flag** || **Ratio** || **Government** ||  ||
 * 1880-1901 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Afghanistan_pre-1901.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_pre-1901.svg.png width="108" height="65" caption="Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_pre-1901.svg"]] || 2:3 || Emirate of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1901-1919 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1901.png/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1901.png width="108" height="65" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1901.png" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1901.png"]] || 3:5 || Emirate of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1919-1921 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281919-1928%29.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281919-1928%29.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1928).svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1919-1928).svg"]] || 2:3 || Emirate of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1921-1928 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281921-1928%29.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281921-1928%29.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan (1921-1928).svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1921-1928).svg"]] || 2:3 || Emirate/Kingdom of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1928 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1928.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1928.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1928.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1928.svg"]] || 2:3 || Kingdom of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1928-1929 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1928-1929.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1928-1929.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1928-1929.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1928-1929.svg"]] || 2:3 || Kingdom of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1929 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1929.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1929.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1929.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1929.svg"]] || 2:3 || Kingdom of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1929-1930 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1929_to_1930.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1929_to_1930.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1929 to 1930.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1929_to_1930.svg"]] || 2:3 || Kingdom of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1930-1973 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1930.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1930.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1930.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1930.svg"]] || 2:3 || Kingdom of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1973-1974 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1973.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1973.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1973.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1973.svg"]] || 2:3 || Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1974-1978 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1974.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1974.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1974.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1974.svg"]] || 2:3 || Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1978 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281978%29.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281978%29.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan (1978).svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1978).svg"]] || 2:3 || Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1978-1979 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1978_to_1979.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1978_to_1979.svg.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1978 to 1979.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1978_to_1979.svg"]] || 1:2 || Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1979 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan.svg/108px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan.svg.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_People's_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan.svg"]] || 1:2 || Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1979-1987 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1980.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1980.svg.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1980.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1980.svg"]] || 1:2 || Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1987-1992 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1987.png/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1987.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1987.png" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1987.png"]] || 1:2 || Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1992 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1992_provisional.png/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1992_provisional.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1992 provisional.png" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1992_provisional.png"]] || 1:2 || Republic of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1992-1996 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992-1996%3B_2001%29.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992-1996%3B_2001%29.svg.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of Afghanistan (1992-1996; 2001).svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1992-1996;_2001).svg"]] || 1:2 || Islamic State of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1996-1997 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Afghanistan_1996-1997.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_1996-1997.svg.png width="108" height="65" caption="Flag of Afghanistan 1996-1997.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_1996-1997.svg"]] || 2:3 || Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 1997-2001 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Flag_of_Taliban.svg/108px-Flag_of_Taliban.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Taliban.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Taliban.svg"]] || 2:3 || Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 2001-2002 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992-1996%3B_2001%29.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%281992-1996%3B_2001%29.svg.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of Afghanistan (1992-1996; 2001).svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(1992-1996;_2001).svg"]] || 1:2 || Islamic State of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 2002-2004 || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282002-2004%29.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan_%282002-2004%29.svg.png width="108" height="54" caption="Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_(2002-2004).svg"]] || 1:2 || Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan ||  ||
 * 2004-Present || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg/108px-Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg.png width="108" height="72" caption="Flag of Afghanistan.svg" link="http://bceafghanistan2010.wikispaces.com/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg"]] || 2:3 || Islamic Republic of Afghanistan || [] ||