Islamic State of Afghanistan

Islamic State of Afghanistan
دولت اسلامی افغانستان
Dawlat-i Islāmī-yi Afğānistān
دا افغانستان اسلامی دولت
Dâ Afǧānestãn Islâmi Dawlat
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)
Location of Afghanistan
CapitalKabul (de jure)
Capital-in-exileTaloqan (1996–2000)
Fayzabad (2000–2001)
Common languagesDari, Pashto
Religion
Islam
Demonym(s)Afghan
GovernmentUnitary 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
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 eraCivil 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
CurrencyAfghani (AFN)
Calling code93
ISO 3166 codeAF
Preceded by
Succeeded by
1992:
Republic of
Afghanistan
2001:
Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan
1996:
Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan
2001:
Transitional Islamic
State of Afghanistan
Today part ofAfghanistan

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.

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Saikal (2004), p. 215.


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