Islamic State of Afghanistan

Islamic State of Afghanistan دولت اسلامی افغانستان
← 1992-1996   →   →
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Capital	Kabul de facto from 1992 to 1996 then Northern Afghanistan till 2001
Language(s)	Persian, Pashto
Government	Islamic republic
President
- 1992–2001	Burhanuddin Rabbani
History
- Established	1992
- Disestablished	2001

The Islamic State of Afghanistan was the name of the state of Afghanistan after the collapse of the communist regime, the Republic of Afghanistan, in 1992. In 1996, the country was renamed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the Taliban, after seizing control of the majority of the country. The United Front (United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, UIF), known in the West as the Afghan Northern Alliance, was created by the Islamic State of Afghanistan that same year. It was the legitimate representative of Afghanistan in the United Nations until 2001, when it became the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.