Flag of Afghanistan

E542284

national flag

The Flag of Afghanistan is a tricolour national flag historically featuring vertical bands—most recently black, red, and green—with a central emblem that has changed with successive Afghan governments and regimes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Afghan national flag	1
Emblem of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic)	1
Flag of Afghanistan canonical	1
Flag of Afghanistan (1930–1973)	1
Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2021)	1
flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national flag ⓘ
adoptedVersion	2004 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorMeaningBlack	past or previous hardships ⓘ
colorMeaningGreen	Islam and prosperity ⓘ
colorMeaningRed	blood of martyrs ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
dateAdopted	2004-01-04 ⓘ
hasAspectRatio	2:3 ⓘ
hasCentralElement	emblem of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasColor	black ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ
hasDesign	vertical tricolour ⓘ
hasEmblemFeature	mosque with mihrab and minbar ⓘ national motto in Arabic ⓘ rising sun ⓘ shahada inscription ⓘ sheaves of wheat ⓘ takbir inscription ⓘ year 1298 in the Islamic calendar ⓘ
hasLanguageOnEmblem	Arabic ⓘ Dari ⓘ Pashto ⓘ
hasUse	civil flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ
historicalVariant	1928 tricolour flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1930–1973 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1974–1978 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ 1978–1980 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1980–1987 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1987–1992 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ 1992–1996 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ 1996–2001 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ 2001–2002 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ 2002–2004 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	1992 flag of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	Afghan independence ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ blood shed for freedom ⓘ hope and prosperity ⓘ
usedBy	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInProportion	1:2 ⓘ 3:5 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flags of Asia → includes → Flag of Afghanistan ⓘ

President of Afghanistan → symbolAssociated → Flag of Afghanistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emblem of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic)

President of Afghanistan → flagAssociated → Flag of Afghanistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2021)

Kingdom of Afghanistan → flag → Flag of Afghanistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Afghanistan (1930–1973)

PDPA → flag → Flag of Afghanistan ⓘ

subject surface form: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

this entity surface form: flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Massoud Day → hasSymbol → Flag of Afghanistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan national flag