Islamic State of Afghanistan
The Islamic State of Afghanistan[1][alt 1] was established by the Peshawar Accords of 26 April 1992. Many Afghan mujahideen parties[2][3] participated in its creation, after the fall of the socialist government. Its power was limited due to the country's second civil war, which was won by the Taliban, who took control of Kabul in 1996. The Islamic state then transitioned to a government in exile and led the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. It remained the internationally recognized government of Afghanistan at the United Nations until 2001, when the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan was created and an Afghan Interim Administration took control of Afghanistan with US and NATO assistance following the overthrow of the first Taliban government. The Transitional Islamic State was subsequently transformed into the Islamic Republic, which existed until the Taliban seized power again in 2021 following a prolonged insurgency.
This article is about the former state. For the country, see Afghanistan. For other Afghan states, see Republic of Afghanistan (disambiguation).
Islamic State of Afghanistanدولت اسلامی افغانستان
Dawlat-i Islāmī-yi Afğānistān
د افغانستان اسلامی دولت
Da Afǧānestãn Islâmi Dawlat
Dawlat-i Islāmī-yi Afğānistān
د افغانستان اسلامی دولت
Da Afǧānestãn Islâmi Dawlat
Kabul (de jure)
Unitary Islamic
provisional government
(1992–1996; 2001–2002)
Government-in-exile
controlling a rump state
(1996–2001)
24 April 1992
28 April 1992
27 September 1996
1996–2001
7 October 2001
13 November 2001
11 June 2002
Afghani (AFN)
+93
Faction control in Kabul (1992)
Factions after the fall of Najibullah (1992)
Factions after Taliban conquered Kabul (1996)
Taliban–Northern Alliance war (2000)
