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| Colours: Black,
Red, Green and Gold. |
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| Proportions: Width to Length = 1:2 |
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| National
Flag of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (2002) |
On the 29th of January 2002, the interim Afghani government adopted a new national flag of vertical black, red and green stripes.
Seven days later, on the 5th of February 2002, this flag was modified with the inclusion of a slightly revised version of the past royalist arms of the Kingdom of Afghanistan (1930-73) in the centre of the red vertical stripe.
The 3 main colours first appeared on the national flag on the 2nd of September 1928.
This flag resurrects the Afghani flag flown between 1930 and July 1973, when the Monarchy was overthrown in a republican revolution.
In June 2002, slight alterations were
made to the central emblem of the flag.
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The Symbolic Meaning |
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When the colours were
originally adopted in September 1928, black symbolised the nation’s past. Red
connoted the blood shed for independence and green represented wealth and hope for the future.
In the centre of the red stripe is a gold stylised mosque and wreath. In the centre of the mosque is a pulpit and mihrab. A mihrab
is an archway in the wall of a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca.
Between the two top ends of the wreath is an arch of text, called the Shahada,
it is the
Muslim Statement of Faith: There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is the
Prophet of Allah.
Written on the ribbon at the bottom of the wreath is the country’s name: Afghanistan.
Between the mosque and the base of the wreath is the Persian Calender date
1380, which commemorates the inauguration of the new Afghanistan
government in January 2002. |
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