File:Flag of Afghanistan (1980–1987).svg

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Georgia's parliament: On Amending the Law of Georgia "Charter of Liberty", No. 1867, 2013
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العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ Gàidhlig ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ қазақша ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Description

English: Flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1980-1987). Aspect ratio: 2:1.

پښتو: د افغانستان بيرغ، ١٣٥٩-١٣٦٦

فارسی: پرچم افغانستان، ۱۳۵۹-۱۳۶۶

العربية: علم أفغانستان ظهرت مابين سنة ١٩٨٠-١٩٨٧.

مصرى: علم افغانستان طلعت ١٩٨٠-١٩٨٧.

Date

between 1980 and 1987

Source

https://www.wdl.org/en/item/13677/view/1/1/

Author

Ericmetro

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This work is in the public domain in Afghanistan according to The law on the support the right of authors, composers, artists and researchers (Copy Right Law). (unofficial English translation) because:

It is a photograph, painting, or other audiovisual work originally published more than 50 years ago, or
It is any other form of protected work and more than 50 years have passed since the death of the last surviving author and the date of original publication.

All works published using a pseudonym enter the public domain 50 years after publication, unless the author's identity subsequently becomes known. Afghan copyright law only protects “photographic works that have been created using an original mode” (Art. 6).

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This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

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Colours scheme: valid for flags 1928-1978 and 1980-present

	Black	Red	Red	Green	Green	White
RGB	`0/0/0`	`211/32/17`	`190/0/0`	`0/122/54`	`0/153/0`	`255/255/255`
Hexadecimal	`#000000ff`	`#d32011ff`	`#be0000ff`	`#007a36ff`	`#009900ff`	`#FFFFFF`
CMYK	`0/0/0/100`	`0/85/92/17`	`0/100/100/25`	`100/0/56/52`	`100/0/100/40`	`0/0/0/0`

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current	17:05, 21 December 2023	1,200 × 600 (70 KB)	AfghanParatrooper19891	Reverted to version as of 15:03, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
	09:30, 21 December 2023	1,200 × 600 (132 KB)	Sean Andrae Bueno	Reverted to version as of 07:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
	15:03, 18 December 2023	1,200 × 600 (70 KB)	NorthTension	Reverted to version as of 15:20, 2 January 2023 (UTC) vandalism
	07:46, 18 December 2023	1,200 × 600 (132 KB)	Nathan Andrae Bueno	Reverted to version as of 11:37, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
	07:45, 18 December 2023	1,200 × 600 (36 KB)	Nathan Andrae Bueno	Reverted to version as of 09:32, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
	15:20, 2 January 2023	1,200 × 600 (70 KB)	Dylmur	Reverted to version as of 16:57, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
	12:45, 2 January 2023	1,200 × 600 (36 KB)	TankDude2000	Reverted to version as of 09:32, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
	16:57, 12 October 2021	1,200 × 600 (70 KB)	Jdx	Reverted to version as of 01:53, 28 August 2021 (UTC): Reverting unexplained revert
	15:32, 12 October 2021	1,200 × 600 (36 KB)	2010F11	Reverted to version as of 09:32, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
	01:53, 28 August 2021	1,200 × 600 (70 KB)	Tcfc2349	optimized