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was used was from 2002–2004 during the transitional government. If the Afghan government website (when it still existed) had shown the flag's emblem was overlapping onto the bands, wouldn't that imply from the start that the emblem was supposed to be enlarged and not solely within the center band?? Another thing to take note of is that
Afghanistan's flags have never been "stable." Flag makers in Afghanistan are not as great as western ones, and inconsistencies are obviously common, especially when many flags are handmade or made by smaller producers. Therefore, variants of emblems are going to be noticeable, and this was even the case with the 1992/1992-2002 flag, which I own some copies of in real life.
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