What is Islamic Republic of Afghanistan?
{{Infobox Former Country | demonym = Afghan | year_start = 2004 | year_end = 2021 | p1 = Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan | s2 = Panjshir resistance | symbol_type = Emblem | flag_p1 = Flag_of_Afghanistan_(2002–2004,_variant_with_golden_arms).svg | flag_s1 = Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg | s1 = Afghanistan | capital = [[Kabul]] | area_km2 = | native_name = جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان<br >د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت | image_coat = Emblem of Afghanistan (2004–2021).svg | image_flag = Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg | today = {{Flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg}} [[Afghanistan]] | common_name = Afghanistan | conventional_long_name = Islamic Republic of Afghanistan <!-- Titles and names of the first and last leaders and their deputies -->| title_leader = [[President of Afghanistan|President]] | leader1 = [[Hamid Karzai]] | year_leader1 = 2004–2014 | leader2 = [[Ashraf Ghani]] | year_leader2 = 2014–2021 | flag_s2 = Flag flown in Panjshir (2019).svg }} The '''Islamic Republic of Afghanistan''', sometimes abbreviated as '''IRA''', is the name for the government that ruled [[Afghanistan]] between 2004 and 2021. In August 2021 during the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|Fall of Kabul]], most of the city fell to the [[Taliban]], and president [[Ashraf Ghani]] escaped from Afghanistan. On August 31, the Taliban had also taken the airport in Kabul. == History == The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was founded following the [[United States]] invasion of the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]] in the earlier phases of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Nations S/RES/1386 (2001)|url=https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/1386(2001)}}</ref> Following this invas