Flag of Afghanistan
The flag of Afghanistan, adopted in 2021 and flown in a 2:3 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| Capital | Kabul |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 2021 |
| Emoji | 🇦🇫 |
| Code | AF · AFG |
Colours of the flag of Afghanistan
The flag of Afghanistan uses 3 colours: black, green, red. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
About the flag of Afghanistan
The flag of Afghanistan — officially Islamic Republic of Afghanistan — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. Afghanistan sits in Asia, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 2021. Afghanistan has its capital at Kabul and a population of about 43.8 million, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇦🇫, produced from the regional indicator letters for AF. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Afghanistan
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