Flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

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  "name": "Afghanistan (Soviet era)",
  "now": "afghanistan",
  "years": "1978–1992",
  "title": "Flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan",
  "id": "af-soviet",
  "index": "c/afghanistan:1978",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#d32011",
      "cmyk": "0/85/92/17",
      "note": "Communist revolution and solidarity with the USSR."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The flag of Soviet-era Afghanistan (1978–1992) evolved through several versions, most featuring a red field or red element reflecting the country's alignment with the Soviet Union during the Saur Revolution and subsequent communist rule\n - Early versions were predominantly red; later versions reintroduced the tricolour with modified socialist emblems\n - The final version (1987) returned to the traditional black-red-green but with a new state seal\n - **Construction:** various designs; the most recognisable was a red field with the state seal in the canton. Ratio 2:3",
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  "of": {
    "country": "afghanistan"
  },
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    "name": "Afghanistan",
    "officialName": "Democratic Republic of Afghanistan",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "cs": "afghanistan/af-soviet.cs.svg",
  "trivia": "- Afghanistan was the Soviet Union's only direct invasion of a Muslim-majority country\n - The flag evolved through 14 years of conflict, reflecting shifting communist leadership\n - The final version reintroduced the traditional tricolour with a socialist seal, attempting to reconcile tradition and ideology",
  "article": "afghanistan/af-soviet.md",
  "_name": "Afghanistan (Soviet era)",
  "_namespace": "afghanistan",
  "_namePart": "af-soviet"
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