ملي سرودMilli Surud · The National Anthem of Afghanistan, 2006–2021

The anthem names the land and its fourteen peoples: Baloch, Uzbek, Pashtun, Hazara, Turkmen, Tajik, Arab, Gujar, Pamiri, Nuristani, Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq and Pashai.

Lyrics: Abdul Bari Jahani · Music: Babrak Wassa · Performed by the United States Navy Band (public domain). The band plays the melody once, so the lines are laid across the music rather than sung.

Map and photograph credits

Map data: Natural Earth (public domain). Photographs from Wikimedia Commons:

Caravane dans le désert du Registan (Afghanistan) en 1969 — Mouliric (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Buzkashi, national sport — Nasim Fekrat (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Le mausolée d'Ahmed Chah Dourrâni (1747-1772) - A58104S — Gadmer Frédéric (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bamyan Valley in 2012 — Sgt. Ken Scar (U.S. Armed Forces) (Public domain)
Turkmen rug — MOJIBARA68 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Panjshir River Valley in May 2011 — Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor (U.S. armed forces) (CC BY 2.0)
Balkh mosque from afar — William Allen, Image Historian (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Valley in Kunar-2012 — Spc. Amber Leach (U.S. Armed Forces) (Public domain)
2 chevaux wakhan Sahrad-e-Broghil — Benoît Vicart (CC0)
CH-KBAR - Moschee in Kamdesh - KB-022137 — Maeder, Herbert, 1930–2017 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Maiwand, Afghanistan - panoramio — Abdul Qahar Nuristan… (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Kabul Händler — Norbert Nelte Flipper (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jam minaret ghor province Afghanistan — AhmadElhan (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A village sits in Laghman Province, Afghanistan — U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse/Released (Public domain)
Lake Band-e-Amir — Carl Montgomery (CC BY 2.0)
Herat Masjidi Jami courtyard — Sven Dirks, Wien (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rowza Shrine Hazrat Ali Mazar-e Sharif Afghanistan... south side — AhmadElhan (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mountains in Afghanistan — Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force (Public domain)
66-180 Kabul Afghanistan 1966 — wilford peloquin (CC BY 2.0)
Chitraas, Wama, Nuristan, Afghanistan - panoramio — Abdul Qahar Nuristan… (CC BY-SA 3.0)