Flag of Pashtunistan

Pashtunistan
UseRegional and cultural
Proportion1:2
Adopted2 September 1947 (1947-09-02)
DesignA red field with a black stripe 1/5 wide, 1/5 away from the hoist and with an image of the sun rising over the mountains.

The flag of Pashtunistan (Pashto: د پښتونستان بیرغ) is a flag representing a proposed independent state of Pashtunistan. The flag was adopted by Pashtun separatists who sought to carve out an independent state of Pashtunistan from Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The flag was promoted by the Afghan government which supported the separatist cause, with August 31 (9th of Waǵay in the Solar Hijri calendar) being Pashtunistan Day which was observed as a national holiday in Afghanistan until the overthrow of Mohammad Najibullah's Homeland Party regime in 1992. The flag is still in use today by Pashtun nationalists.

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