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{{Infobox flag
| Name = Afghanistan
| Article = 
| Nickname = kundar
| Morenicks = 
| Image = Flag of Afghanistan.svg
| Use =
| Symbol = 
(contracted; show full)|1978
|[[File:Flag of Afghanistan (1978).svg|border|108px]]
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|[[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]]
|When the leader of the republic was killed in a coup, the new regime established a [[communism|communist]] government. The same flag design was kept, but no seal.
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|1978-1979
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[[File:Flag of Afghanistan 1978 to 1979.svg|border|108px]]  
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|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
| This flag used a red field with a yellow seal in the canton, a common design for communist regimes. The wreath of wheat remained, but a star was added at top (representing the five ethnic groups of the nation) and the word '[[Khalq]]' in [[Arabic]] script (meaning people) in the center. The flag was also the flag of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan's Khalq faction under President Nur Muhammad Taraki until his murder in September 197(contracted; show full)*[[Emblem of Afghanistan]]

==External links==
*{{FOTW|id=af|title=Afghanistan}}
*[http://www.afghantribes.com/flags Afghantribes: Afghan National Flags Timeline]
*[http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/unicode/v10f1/v10f103b.html Encyclopedia Iranica: FLAGS OF AFGHANISTAN]
*[http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/afghanistan_flag.html Flag of Afghanistan]
*[http://www.afghandesk.com/gallery/afghan_flags.html Flags of Afghanistan]