epaselect epa09862698 Taliban attend a ceremony to raise the largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 31 March 2022. The Taliban on 31 March replaced the black-red-and-green Afghan national flag atop the historic Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul with their white banner bearing the Islamic proclamation of faith inscribed in black.
epaselect epa09862698 Taliban attend a ceremony to hoist largest flag and emblem of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 31 March 2022. The Taliban on 31 March, replaced the black-red-and-green Afghan national flag atop the historic Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul with their white banner that bears the Islamic proclamation of faith inscribed in black. The issue of replacing the national flag, which had become a symbol of resistance days before the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, had become precarious. EPA/STRINGER