Islamic State of Afghanistan
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) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Government-in-exile controlling a rump state (1996–2001) | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Kabul ('1992–1996, 2001–2002) | ||||||||||||
| Capital-in-exile | Taloqan (1996–2000) Fayzabad (2000–2001) | ||||||||||||
| Official languages | Dari and Pashto | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam (official) | ||||||||||||
| Demonym | Afghan | ||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential Islamic state | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 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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The Islamic State of Afghanistan (Dari: دولت اسلامی افغانستان, Dawlat-i Islāmī-yi Afġānistān, Pashto: دا افغانستان اسلامی دولت, Da Afghanistan Islami Dowlat) was a unitary Islamic state that was established in April 1992 under the Peshawar Accord. Its power was limited due to the country's second civil war, which was won by the Taliban, who seized Kabul in September 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.