This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flagsofsovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia which are depicted with the hoist to the right.
![Afghanistan (Islamic Republic of)[a]](https://akarinohon.com/text/taketori.cgi/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Afghanistan_%25282013%25E2%2580%25932021%2529.svg@)
![Afghanistan (Islamic Emirate of)[a]](https://akarinohon.com/text/taketori.cgi/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg@)
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