🇦🇫 Afghanistan Flag Emoji

The Afghanistan flag emoji 🇦🇫 is the standard flag for Afghanistan, supported on iPhone, Android, Mac and the web. Tap the big emoji above to copy it, then paste it into any message or document.

How the Afghanistan flag emoji looks on different platforms

Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters AF instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What the Afghanistan flag emoji means

The Afghanistan flag emoji is a vertical tricolor with a central emblem, though the exact artwork depends on the vendor. The country's flag has been redesigned many times, and each platform picks its own version. People use the emoji for the country, for Afghan communities abroad, and for cricket support. Independence Day, 19 August, marks the 1919 treaty that ended British control of Afghan foreign affairs, and Nowruz on 21 March is the new year.

How to type the Afghanistan flag emoji

On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “Afghanistan” or “flag”. On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and type the same word. On Windows 10 and 11, press Win + . and search there, but Windows shows the letters AF instead of a flag, because Microsoft's emoji font has no country flags. The emoji is built from two regional indicator letters, A and F, which supported platforms combine into one flag. If you see the letters on another device, the app or font does not support flags.

Popular combinations

🇦🇫🏏 — Afghanistan's cricket team
🇦🇫🏔️ — The Hindu Kush mountains
🇦🇫🍇 — Afghan grapes and dried fruit
🇦🇫🕊️ — Wishes for peace

Afghanistan flag emoji codes

Unicode	`U+1F1E6 U+1F1EB`
HTML entity	`🇦🇫`
CSS	`\1F1E6\1F1EB`
JavaScript / JSON	`\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb`
Python	`\U0001F1E6\U0001F1EB`
Shortcode	`:flag_af:`
Made of	regional indicator symbol letter A + regional indicator symbol letter F
Emoji version	Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)