Taliban declares Afghanistan the 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' on I-Day
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The Taliban today officially declared the formation of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," on the occasion of the war-ravaged country's 102nd Independence Day. It had used the same name when it brutally ruled the nation between 1996 and 2001, before being topped by United States-led forces. Afghanistan had gained independence from British rule on August 19 in 1919.