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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
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| 1996–2001 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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| Capital | Kabul | ||||||||
| Common languages | Pashto (official) Dari (recognised) Arabic (recognised) |
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| Government | theocracy | ||||||||
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• 1996–2001
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Mohammed Omar | ||||||||
| Historical era | Post-Cold War War on Terror |
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• Established
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27 September 1996 | ||||||||
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2001 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | AF | ||||||||
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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was the name the Taliban used for Afghanistan when they controlled it. This was from 1996 until 2001, when the United States took over from the Taliban. The Taliban never controlled all of Afghanistan. The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (the Northern Alliance) controlled a small part of the country in the north.
Destruction of Buddhas 21 March 2001
