KABUL, Afghanistan — A small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistan’s turbulent history over the decades with its ever-changing merchandise. Now ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistan’s turbulent history over the decades with its ever-changing merch… ...

Here’s the story of how Afghanistan’s flag has evolved over the past 100 years. 1901-1919. ... Karmal is removed, Mohammad Najibullah becomes president of a Soviet puppet state.

After that, the Soviet Union was dismantled, and in 1992 the national flag was changed to a green, white, and black horizontal tricolor flag with Shahada written as 'Allah Akbar (Allah is great).' ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 5 -- The band was straining and the color guard was out of step, but Afghanistan's new national flag rose today on hopes that this fractious country can unite under a ...

WASHINGTON -- Military experts said yesterday that as many as several hundred veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan may be fighting for rival ethnic groups in the Central Asian nation. The ...

A worker collects newly hand printed Taliban flags in a workshop in Kabul's Jawid market, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. The small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market ...