Flag of Afghanistan

E542284

national flag

The Flag of Afghanistan is a tricolour national flag historically featuring vertical bands—most recently black, red, and green—with a central emblem that has changed with successive Afghan governments and regimes.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
1974–1978 flag of Afghanistan	1
1987–1992 flag of Afghanistan	1
1992 flag of Afghanistan	1
1992–1996 flag of Afghanistan	1
1996–2001 flag of Afghanistan	1
2001–2002 flag of Afghanistan	1
2002–2004 flag of Afghanistan	1
2004 flag of Afghanistan	1
Afghan national flag	1
Emblem of Afghanistan (Islamic Republic)	1
Flag of Afghanistan canonical	1
Flag of Afghanistan (1930–1973)	1
Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2021)	1
flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530092 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of Afghanistan
Context triple: [Flags of Asia, includes, Flag of Afghanistan]

A. Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
B. Flag of Myanmar
The Flag of Myanmar is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green, and red with a large white five-pointed star in the center, symbolizing solidarity, peace, and the union of the country’s diverse ethnic groups.
C. Flag of Nepal
The Flag of Nepal is the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, composed of two stacked crimson-red pennons with blue borders featuring a white moon and sun.
D. Flag of Iran
The Flag of Iran is a tricolour national flag of green, white, and red with a central emblem and stylized script symbolizing Islamic and national identity.
E. Flag of Algeria
The Flag of Algeria is a national flag featuring equal vertical bands of green and white with a red star and crescent at the center, symbolizing Islam, independence, and the country’s revolutionary heritage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Flag of Afghanistan
Target entity description: The Flag of Afghanistan is a tricolour national flag historically featuring vertical bands—most recently black, red, and green—with a central emblem that has changed with successive Afghan governments and regimes.

A. Flag of Pakistan
The Flag of Pakistan is the national flag featuring a white star and crescent on a dark green field with a vertical white stripe, symbolizing the country's Islamic heritage and religious minorities.
B. Flag of Myanmar
The Flag of Myanmar is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green, and red with a large white five-pointed star in the center, symbolizing solidarity, peace, and the union of the country’s diverse ethnic groups.
C. Flag of Nepal
The Flag of Nepal is the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, composed of two stacked crimson-red pennons with blue borders featuring a white moon and sun.
D. Flag of Iran
The Flag of Iran is a tricolour national flag of green, white, and red with a central emblem and stylized script symbolizing Islamic and national identity.
E. Flag of Algeria
The Flag of Algeria is a national flag featuring equal vertical bands of green and white with a red star and crescent at the center, symbolizing Islam, independence, and the country’s revolutionary heritage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national flag ⓘ
adoptedVersion	2004 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan
colorMeaningBlack	past or previous hardships ⓘ
colorMeaningGreen	Islam and prosperity ⓘ
colorMeaningRed	blood of martyrs ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
dateAdopted	2004-01-04 ⓘ
hasAspectRatio	2:3 ⓘ
hasCentralElement	emblem of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasColor	black ⓘ green ⓘ red ⓘ
hasDesign	vertical tricolour ⓘ
hasEmblemFeature	mosque with mihrab and minbar ⓘ national motto in Arabic ⓘ rising sun ⓘ shahada inscription ⓘ sheaves of wheat ⓘ takbir inscription ⓘ year 1298 in the Islamic calendar ⓘ
hasLanguageOnEmblem	Arabic ⓘ Dari ⓘ Pashto ⓘ
hasUse	civil flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ
historicalVariant	1928 tricolour flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1930–1973 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1974–1978 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan 1978–1980 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1980–1987 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ 1987–1992 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan 1992–1996 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan 1996–2001 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan 2001–2002 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan 2002–2004 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan
replaced	1992 flag of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Flag of Afghanistan
symbolizes	Afghan independence ⓘ Islam ⓘ blood shed for freedom ⓘ hope and prosperity ⓘ
usedBy	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former) Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ Kingdom of Afghanistan ⓘ Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Afghanistan
usedInProportion	1:2 ⓘ 3:5 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited