# 🇦🇫 Afghanistan flag emoji

🇦🇫 Afghanistan flag is an emoji in the country flags set of Flags. It was added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015. Related words: AF.

- Emoji: 🇦🇫
- Unicode name: flag: Afghanistan
- Code points: U+1F1E6 U+1F1EB
- Category: Flags, Country flags
- Added: Emoji 2.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :afghanistan:
- Keywords: flag, AF
- Page: https://emojichart.com/afghanistan-flag-emoji

## What it means

The flag of Afghanistan. People use it to stand for Afghanistan in messages about travel, culture, news and sports, or to show pride and support.

## What it's made of

🇦🇫 is 2 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. Regional indicator letter A (U+1F1E6)
2. Regional indicator letter F (U+1F1EB)

## How to type 🇦🇫

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “Afghanistan”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “Afghanistan”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “Afghanistan”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “Afghanistan”.
- GitHub: Type :afghanistan: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | Bandera: Afganistán | Bandera |
| Français (fr) | drapeau : Afghanistan | drapeau |
| Deutsch (de) | Flagge: Afghanistan | Flagge |
| Italiano (it) | bandiera: Afghanistan | bandiera |
| Português (pt) | bandeira: Afeganistão | bandeira |
| Nederlands (nl) | vlag: Afghanistan | vlag |
| Svenska (sv) | flagga: Afghanistan | flagga |
| Polski (pl) | flaga: Afganistan | flaga |
| Türkçe (tr) | bayrak: Afganistan | bayrak |
| Русский (ru) | флаг: Афганистан | флаг |
| Українська (uk) | прапор: Афганістан | прапор |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σημαία: Αφγανιστάν | σημαία |
| العربية (ar) | علم: أفغانستان | علم |
| עברית (he) | דגל: אפגניסטן | דגל |
| فارسی (fa) | پرچم: افغانستان | پرچم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झंडा: अफ़गानिस्तान | झंडा |
| বাংলা (bn) | পতাকা: আফগানিস্তান | পতাকা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bendera: Afganistan | bendera |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cờ: Afghanistan | cờ |
| ไทย (th) | ธง: อัฟกานิสถาน | ธง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 旗: アフガニスタン | 旗 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 깃발: 아프가니스탄 | 깃발 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 旗: 阿富汗 | 旗 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 旗子：阿富汗 | 旗子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlag: Afganistan
- Albanian (sq): flamur: Afganistan
- Amharic (am): ባንዲራ: አፍጋኒስታን
- Armenian (hy): դրոշ․ Աֆղանստան
- Assamese (as): পতাকা: আফগানিস্তান
- Asturian (ast): bandera: Afganistán
- Azerbaijani (az): bayraq: Əfqanıstan
- Bashkir (ba): флаг: Афғанстан
- Basque (eu): Bandera: Afganistan
- Belarusian (be): Сцяг: Афганістан
- Bosnian (bs): zastava: Afganistan
- Breton (br): banniel : Afghanistan
- Bulgarian (bg): Флаг: Афганистан
- Burmese (my): အလံ − အာဖဂန်နစ္စတန်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): drapeau : Afghanistan
- Cantonese (yue): 旗: 阿富汗
- Catalan (ca): bandera: Afganistan
- Chakma (ccp): 𑄙𑄧𑄏: 𑄃𑄛𑄴𑄉𑄚𑄨𑄌𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄴
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᏓᏗ: ᎠᏫᎨᏂᏍᏖᏂ
- Chuvash (cv): ялав: Афганистан
- Croatian (hr): zastava: Afganistan
- Czech (cs): vlajka: Afghánistán
- Estonian (et): lipp: Afganistan
- Faroese (fo): Flagg: Afganistan
- Filipino (fil): bandila: Afghanistan
- Finnish (fi): lippu: Afganistan
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤼𞤵𞤼𞤢𞤱𞤢𞤤: 𞤀𞤬𞤺𞤢𞤲𞤭𞤧𞤼𞤢𞥄𞤲
- Galician (gl): bandeira: Afganistán
- Georgian (ka): დროშა: ავღანეთი
- Gujarati (gu): ઝંડો: અફઘાનિસ્તાન
- Hausa (ha): tuta: Afaganistan
- Hungarian (hu): zászló: Afganisztán
- Icelandic (is): fáni: Afganistan
- Interlingua (ia): bandiera: Afghanistan
- Irish (ga): bratach: an Afganastáin
- Javanese (jv): gendera: Afganistan
- Kabyle (kab): anay: Afɣanistan
- Kannada (kn): ಧ್ವಜ: ಅಫಘಾನಿಸ್ಥಾನ
- Kazakh (kk): ту: Ауғанстан
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تۋ: اۋعانستان
- Khmer (km): ទីង់: អាហ្វហ្កានីស្ថាន
- Konkani (kok): बावटो: अफगानिस्तान
- Kurdish (ku): ala: Efxanistan
- Kyrgyz (ky): желек: Афганистан
- Lao (lo): ທຸງ: ອາຟການິດສະຖານ
- Latvian (lv): karogs: Afganistāna
- Ligurian (lij): bandea: Afghanistan
- Lithuanian (lt): vėliava: Afganistanas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): chórgoj: Afghanistan
- Macedonian (mk): знаме: Авганистан
- Malay (ms): bendera: Afghanistan
- Malayalam (ml): പതാക: അഫ്‌ഗാനിസ്ഥാൻ
- Marathi (mr): ध्वज: अफगाणिस्तान
- Mongolian (mn): туг: Афганистан
- Māori (mi): haki: Awhekenetāna
- Nepali (ne): झण्डा: अफगानिस्तान
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Flag: Afgánístan
- Norwegian (no): flagg: Afghanistan
- Occitan (oc): bandièra: Afganistan
- Odia (or): ପତାକା: ଆଫଗାନିସ୍ତାନ୍
- Pashto (ps): بيرغ: افغانستان
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੰਡਾ: ਅਫ਼ਗਾਨਿਸਤਾਨ
- Romanian (ro): steag: Afganistan
- Romansh (rm): bandiera: Afganistan
- Santali (sat): ᱪᱤᱨ: ᱟᱯᱷᱜᱟᱱᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ
- Sardinian (sc): bandera: Afghànistan
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bratach: Afghanastàn
- Serbian (sr): застава: Авганистан
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zastava: Avganistan
- Shan (shn): ၸွမ်ပိဝ်: ဢႃႇၾၵၢၼ်ႇၼီႇသတၢၼ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): جهنڊو: افغانستان
- Sinhala (si): කොඩිය: ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථානය
- Slovak (sk): zástava: Afganistan
- Slovenian (sl): zastava: Afganistan
- Somali (so): calan: Afgaanistaan
- Swahili (sw): bendera: Afghanistan
- Swahili (Kenya) (sw-KE): bendera: Afghanistani
- Tamil (ta): கொடி: ஆஃப்கானிஸ்தான்
- Telugu (te): పతాకం: ఆఫ్ఘనిస్తాన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ባንዴራ፦ ኣፍጋኒስታን
- Tongan (to): fuka: ʻAfikānisitani
- Turkmen (tk): baýdak: Owganystan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): chorhojčka: Afghanistan
- Urdu (ur): پرچم: افغانستان
- Uzbek (uz): bayroq: Afgʻoniston
- Welsh (cy): baner: Afghanistan
- Yoruba (yo): filaagi: Àfùgànístánì
- Zulu (zu): ifulegi: i-Afghanistan

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F1E6 U+1F1EB` |
| HTML | `🇦🇫` |
| CSS | `\1F1E6\1F1EB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F1E6}\u{1F1EB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F1E6\U0001F1EB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 87 A6 F0 9F 87 AB` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DDE6 D83C DDEB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%87%A6%F0%9F%87%AB` |

## Questions

### What does the 🇦🇫 Afghanistan flag emoji mean?

The flag of Afghanistan. People use it to stand for Afghanistan in messages about travel, culture, news and sports, or to show pride and support.

### How do I type the 🇦🇫 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “Afghanistan”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :afghanistan:.

### When was the 🇦🇫 emoji added?

🇦🇫 was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🇦🇫?

U+1F1E6 U+1F1EB. In HTML you can write 🇦🇫, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F1E6}\u{1F1EB}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/afghanistan-flag-emoji