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Afghanistan is a country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

Afghanistan may also refer to:

States

• Durrani Empire (1747–1823), also known as the Kingdom of Afghanistan, a Pashtun-led state led by the Durrani dynasty of rulers
• Emirate of Afghanistan (1823–1926), Afghanistan under the Barakzai dynasty as Emirs
• Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973), Afghanistan under the Barakzai dynasty as Kings
  • Emirate of Afghanistan (1929), a breakaway state during the Afghan Civil War of 1928–1929 run by the Saqqawist regime
• Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978), Afghanistan under President Daud Khan
• Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992), Afghanistan under a Soviet-friendly PDPA (communist) government. It was also known as the "Republic of Afghanistan" after 1987.
• Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2002), Afghanistan after the overthrow of communism; reduced to rump state and government-in-exile status from 1996 to 2002, only controlling part of the country
• Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), Afghanistan under Taliban Islamist rule
• Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (2002–2004), a temporary administration of Afghanistan after the overthrow of the Taliban
• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021), Afghanistan under an internationally-backed democracy
• Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present), a second period of Afghanistan under Taliban Islamist rule

See also

• All pages with titles containing Afghanistan or Afghanistans
• All pages with titles beginning with Afghanistan
• Afghan (disambiguation)
• Afghani (disambiguation)
• Afghanis-tan

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