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Polity Timeline
AFGHANISTAN
Flag or logo changes:
1900-01-01:
Emirate of United AFGHANISTAN [British Indian Protected State]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1901-10-04:
Emirate of AFGHANISTAN [British Indian Protected State]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1919-08-08:
Independent State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1921-11-22:
State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1928-06-01:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1928-09-01:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1929-01-14:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1929-01-17:
Exalted State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1929-10-13:
Exalted State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1931-10-31:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1973-07-17:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1978-04-27:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Military Revolutionary Council]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1978-10-19:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1980-04-21:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1987-11-30:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1992-04-27:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1992-12-02:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2001-11-13:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2002-01-27:
Interim Authority of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2002-06-27:
Transitional Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2004-01-04:
Transitional Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2006-01-06:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2013-01-01:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2018-05-12:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Nato-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2021-08-19:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Interim Government of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan]
(Bazarak
g
)
- AFGHANISTAN
Emblem or Symbol changes:
1900-01-01:
Emirate of United AFGHANISTAN [British Indian Protected State]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1919-08-08:
Independent State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1921-11-22:
State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1928-06-01:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1928-09-01:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1931-10-31:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1973-07-17:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1974-05-09:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1978-04-27:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Military Revolutionary Council]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1978-10-19:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1980-04-21:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1986-01-01:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1987-11-30:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1992-04-27:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
1996-09-27:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
(Mazar-i-Sharif
t
)
- AFGHANISTAN
2001-11-13:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2002-01-27:
Interim Authority of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2004-01-04:
Transitional Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2005-08-11:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2011-04-28:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2013-01-01:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2018-05-12:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Nato-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan]
(Kabul)
- AFGHANISTAN
2021-08-19:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Interim Government of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan]
(Bazarak
g
)
- AFGHANISTAN
Sovereignty changes:
1900-01-01:
AFGHANISTAN
+
INDIA
+
UNITED KINGDOM
+
1905-03-21:
AFGHANISTAN
+
UNITED KINGDOM
+
1921-11-22:
AFGHANISTAN
1978-04-27:
AFGHANISTAN
1979-12-25:
AFGHANISTAN
+
SOVIET UNION
+
1988-05-02:
AFGHANISTAN
+
SOVIET UNION
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
1989-02-15:
AFGHANISTAN
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
1990-03-15:
AFGHANISTAN
2001-11-13:
AFGHANISTAN
+
AMERICA
+
2002-01-10:
AFGHANISTAN
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
AMERICA
+
2003-08-11:
AFGHANISTAN
+
NATO
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
AMERICA
+
2021-08-15:
AFGHANISTAN
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
UZBEKISTAN
+
2021-08-17:
AFGHANISTAN
+
UNITED NATIONS
+
2021-09-11:
AFGHANISTAN
2021-09-30:
AFGHANISTAN
+
TAJIKISTAN
+
Capital Local Name changes:
1900-01-01:
Kabul
1919-02-20:
Kabul + Jelalabad
1919-02-28:
Kabul
1929-10-14:
Kabul + Khowst
1929-10-17:
Kabul
1996-09-27:
Mazar-e Sharif
1997-05-24:
Kwaja Bahauddin + Feyzabad
1997-05-28:
Mazar-e Sharif + Kwaja Bahauddin + Feyzabad
1998-08-08:
Kwaja Bahauddin + Feyzabad
2001-11-10:
Mazar-e Sharif + Kwaja Bahauddin + Feyzabad
2001-11-13:
Kabul
2021-08-15:
Toshkent
2021-08-16:
Toshkent + Bazarak
2021-08-17:
Bazarak
2021-09-11:
Panjshir
2021-09-30:
Dushanbe
Local Name of Country changes:
1900-01-01:
AFGHANISTAN
Status changes:
1900-01-01:
Emirate of United AFGHANISTAN [British Indian Protected State]
1901-10-03:
Emirate of AFGHANISTAN [British Indian Protected State]
1905-03-21:
British Protected State of AFGHANISTAN and its Dependencies
1919-08-08:
Independent State of AFGHANISTAN
1921-11-22:
State of AFGHANISTAN
1923-04-09:
Exalted State of AFGHANISTAN
1926-06-09:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
1929-01-17:
Exalted State of AFGHANISTAN
1929-10-17:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
1973-07-17:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
1978-04-27:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Military Revolutionary Council]
1978-04-30:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
1979-12-25:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
1987-11-30:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
1988-05-02:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan : UNGOMAP]
1989-02-15:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
1992-04-28:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
1996-10-10:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN [Supreme Council for the Defence of the Motherland : Northern Alliance]
1997-06-12:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN [United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan : Northern Alliance]
2001-11-13:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
2001-12-22:
AFGHAN Interim Authority
2002-01-10:
Interim Authority of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
2002-06-13:
Transitional Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
2004-12-07:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
2015-01-01:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Nato-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan]
2021-08-15:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN-in-Exile
2021-08-16:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [National Resistance Front of Afghanistan]
2021-08-17:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Interim Government of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan]
2021-09-30:
Government-in-Exile of the Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
Ruler changes:
1900-01-01:
Emirate of United AFGHANISTAN [British Indian Protected State]
(Kabul)
-
Emir Abdor Rahman Khan
(Amir al-Mo´menin Abdur Rahman Khan)
1901-10-03:
Emirate of AFGHANISTAN [British Indian Protected State]
(Kabul)
-
Emir Habibullah I Khan
(Amir al-Mo´menin Habibullah I Khan)
1919-02-20:
British Protected State of AFGHANISTAN and its Dependencies
(Kabul
a
+ Jalalabad
r
)
-
Emir Nasrullah Khan
(Amir al-Mo´menin Nasrullah Khan)
1919-02-28:
British Protected State of AFGHANISTAN and its Dependencies
(Kabul)
-
Emir Amanullah Khan
(Amir al-Mo´menin Amanullâh Khan)
1926-06-09:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
King Amanullah Shah
(Padshah Amanullâh Shâh)
1929-01-14:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
King Inayatullah Shah
(Padshah Inayatullah Shah)
1929-01-17:
Exalted State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
Emir Habibullah II Ghazi Kalakhani
(Amir Habībullāh II Ghāzī-Habībullāh Kalakānī Bache Saqqaw)
1929-10-14:
Exalted State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul
a
+ Khost
r
)
-
Emir Mohammad Nadir Khan
(Amir Mohammad Nadir Khan)
1929-10-17:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
King Mohammad Nadir Shah
(Padshah Mohammad Nadir Shah)
1933-11-08:
Kingdom of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
King Mohammad Zahir Shah
(Padshah Mohammad Zahir Shah)
1973-07-17:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
President Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan
(Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan)
1978-04-27:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Military Revolutionary Council]
(Kabul)
-
Abdul Qadir Dagarwal
(Abdul Qadir Dagarwal)
1978-04-30:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
President Nur Mohammad Taraki
(Nur Mohammad Taraki)
1979-09-16:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
President Hafizullah Amin
(Hafizullah Amin)
1979-12-27:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
-
President Babrak Karmal
(Babrak Karmal)
1986-11-24:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
-
President Haji Mohammad Chamkani
(Haji Mohammad Chamkani)
1987-09-30:
Democratic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Soviet Union Assistance]
(Kabul)
-
President Mohammad Najibullah
(Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai)
1992-04-17:
Republic of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
Abdul Rahim Hatef
(Abdul Rahim Hatef)
1992-04-28:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
Sibghatullah Mojadedi
(Sibghatullah Mojaddedi)
1992-06-28:
Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN
(Kabul)
-
President Burhanuddin Rabbani
(Burhanud-din Rabbani)
2001-12-22:
AFGHAN Interim Authority
(Kabul)
-
Hamid Karzai
(Hamid Karzai)
2002-06-19:
Transitional Islamic State of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
-
President Hamid Karzai
(Hamid Karzai)
2014-09-29:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [International Security Assistance Force : ISAF]
(Kabul)
-
President Ashraf Ghani
(Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai)
2021-08-17:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Interim Government of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan]
(Bazarak
g
)
-
President Amrullah Saleh
(Amrullah Saleh)
2021-08-19:
Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN [Interim Government of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan]
(Bazarak
g
)
-
Amrullah Saleh
(Amrullah Saleh)