Capital

Kabul

Continent

Asia

Flag adopted

2021

Designer

Not individually credited

Afghanistan

Colors and meaning

• Black #000000

  Historical mourning banners of Afghan dynasties, and the flag flown under the pre-2021 republic's black-red-green tricolor tradition

• White #FFFFFF

  Adopted by the Taliban movement to represent the profession of faith and the Islamic Emirate

Symbolism and history

A plain white field bearing the Shahada in black script, restored as the state flag after the Taliban's 2021 return to power, replacing the black-red-green tricolor used by the preceding republic.

Closest-looking flags

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  Saudi Arabia

  Both use a plain field with religious Arabic script rather than pictorial emblems, though Saudi Arabia's is green rather than white.

Further reading: Flag of Afghanistan on Wikipedia