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The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Afghanistan: The Soviet Quagmire

Afghan cricket team draws Taliban ire over flag comments

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the issue of Afghanistan s national flag has generated contentious debates inside and outside the country.  The government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan that was established after the US invasion in 2001 used the tricolor (green, red and black) flag as the national flag for twenty years. After they took over the country in mid-August, the Taliban changed the country’s official name to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and attempted to replace the tricolor flag with their movement’s white flag with the inscription of kalma.  But Afghans have resisted the move. Violent protests erupted immediatel.

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