UPDATE ON AUG 19, 12:18 PM IST
The Taliban have announced a new name for Afghanistan on the 102nd Independence Day from British rule. The new name of Afghanistan is Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Kabul: The Taliban have announced the new name of Afghanistan on the 102nd Independence Day from British rule. The new name of Afghanistan is Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Let us inform that Zabihullah, the spokesman of the Taliban in Afghanistan, gave this information. He tweeted that the declaration of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the country's independence from British rule.Meanwhile, Amrullah Saleh has said that Pakistan will never be able to swallow Afghanistan. Let us know that Amrullah Saleh has declared himself the President of Afghanistan.