Islamic State of Afghanistan دولت اسلامی افغانستان Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan
1992–2002 (de jure) 1992–1996; 2001–2002 (de facto) (Taliban occupation: 1996–2001)
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Motto: lā ʾilāha ʾillà l-Lāh, Muḥammadun rasūlu l-Lāh لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"
Anthem: قلعه اسلام قلب اسیا
Capital	Kabul (de jure)
Capital-in-exile	Northern Afghanistan (1996–2001, during occupation)
Common languages	Pashto, Dari
Religion	Sunni Islam
Government	Unitary Islamic provisional government
President
• 1992	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
• 1992–2001	Burhanuddin Rabbani
• 2001–2002	Hamid Karzai
Prime Minister
• 1992	Abdul Kohistani (first)
• 1997	Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (last)
Historical era	Civil War / War on Terror
• Peshawar Accord	24 April 1992
• 2002 loya jirga	19 June 2002
Currency	Afghan afghani (AFA)
ISO 3166 code	AF
Preceded by Succeeded by Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan

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The Islamic State of Afghanistan^[1] (Persian: دولت اسلامی افغانستان, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan) was the official name of the country of Afghanistan after the fall of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. It existed alongside the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ruled by the Taliban, until the Emirate was overthrown by the United States as part of the Invasion of Afghanistan.

The President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan was Burhanuddin Rabbani. The country was renamed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the Taliban, after seizing control of the majority of the country in 1996. The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, known in the Western Hemisphere as the Northern Alliance, was created by the Islamic State of Afghanistan and its former opponents against the Taliban. The Islamic State remained the internationally recognized representative of Afghanistan at the United Nations until 2001, when the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was created and an Afghan Interim Administration took control of Afghanistan with American and NATO assistance.

• Northern Alliance
• Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)