Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Proper noun
Meaning
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The official name of Afghanistan under Taliban rule in 1996–2001 and since 2021.
Examples
He currently does not hold any posts with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and neither can he represent the Islamic Emirate in any of his statements and actions.
On May 27, 2018, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) released the latest issue of its Urdu-language monthly magazine Shariat on a Twitter account associated with the magazine.
Yet another message said, “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan encourages countrymen to avoid becoming victims of the enemy’s conspiracies, reject election and do not put yourself in danger.”
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan also acknowledged the welcome news on February 21.
The Taliban’s past insistence on being referred to as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — the name of their government when they were in power in the 1990s — derailed an effort at talks in 2013.