Islamic State of Afghanistan | |||||||||||||
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| 1992–1996 1996–2001: in Northern Alliance zone only 2001–2002 | |||||||||||||
| Motto: لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله lā ʾilāha ʾillà l-Lāh, Muḥammadun rasūlu l-Lāh "There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: قلعه اسلام قلب اسیا "Fortress of Islam, Heart of Asia" (1992–1999; 2002) | |||||||||||||
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| Capital | Kabul (de jure) | ||||||||||||
| Capital-in-exile | Taloqan (1996–2000) Fayzabad (2000–2001) | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Dari, Pashto | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Afghan | ||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary Islamic provisional government (1992–1996; 2001–2002) Government-in-exile controlling a rump state (1996–2001) | ||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||
• 1992 (acting) | Sibghatullah Mojaddedi | ||||||||||||
• 1992–2001 | Burhanuddin Rabbani | ||||||||||||
• 2001–2002 (acting) | Hamid Karzai | ||||||||||||
| Vice President | |||||||||||||
• 1992 | Abdul Rasul Sayyaf | ||||||||||||
• 1992–1993 | Mawlawi Mir Hamza | ||||||||||||
• 1993–1994 | Mohammad Shah Fazli | ||||||||||||
• 1993–1996 | Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi | ||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1992 | Abdul Kohistani | ||||||||||||
• 1993–1994 | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar | ||||||||||||
• 1994–1995 (acting) | Arsala Rahmani Daulat | ||||||||||||
• 1995–1996 (acting) | Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai | ||||||||||||
• 1996–1997 | Gulbuddin Hekmatyar | ||||||||||||
• 1997 | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Civil War • War on Terror | ||||||||||||
| 24 April 1992 | |||||||||||||
• State proclaimed | 28 April 1992 | ||||||||||||
| 27 September 1996 | |||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | |||||||||||||
| 7 October 2001 | |||||||||||||
| 13 November 2001 | |||||||||||||
| 11 June 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Currency | Afghani (AFN) | ||||||||||||
| Calling code | +93 | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | AF | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Afghanistan | ||||||||||||
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The Islamic State of Afghanistan[1][alt 1] was established by the Peshawar Accords of 26 April 1992. Many Afghan mujahideen parties[2][3] participated in its creation, after the fall of the socialist government. Its power was limited due to the country's second civil war, which was won by the Taliban, who took control of Kabul in 1996. The Islamic state then transitioned to a government in exile and led the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. It remained the internationally recognized government of Afghanistan at the United Nations until 2001, when the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan was created and an Afghan Interim Administration took control of Afghanistan with US and NATO assistance following the overthrow of the first Taliban government. The Transitional Islamic State was subsequently transformed into the Islamic Republic, which existed until the Taliban seized power again in 2021 following a prolonged insurgency.
- ^ Directorate of Intelligence (2001). "CIA -- The World Factbook -- Afghanistan". Archived from the original (mirror) on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
note - the self-proclaimed Taliban government refers to the country as Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- ^ Sifton, John (6 July 2005). Blood-Stained Hands: Past Atrocities in Kabul and Afghanistan's Legacy of Impunity (chapter II, Historical background) (Report). Human Rights Watch.
- ^ Saikal (2004), p. 215.
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