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دا وطن افغانستان دی
English: National Anthem
	Milli Surood
National anthem of	Afghanistan
Lyrics	Abdul Bari Jahani
Music	Babrak Wassa
Adopted	2006
Music sample
	Milli Surood (instrumental)

Milli Surood (Pashto: ملي سرود - "National Anthem") is the national anthem of Afghanistan^[1] ^[2] It was adopted and officially announced in May 2006. According to article 20 of the Constitution of Afghanistan, "The national anthem of Afghanistan shall be in Pashto with the mention of "God is Greatest" as well as the names of the ethnicities of Afghanistan."^[3] The lyrics were written by Abdul Bari Jahani and the music was written by Babrak Wassa.

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Milli Surood
Pashto Lyrics	Pashto Transliteration	Approximate Translation
First stanza
دا وطن افغانستان دی دا عزت د هر افغان دی کور د سولې، کور د تورې هر بچی يې قهرمان دی	Dā watan Afγānistān dai, dā izat də har Afγān dai Kor də sule, kor də ture, har bačai ye qahramān dai	This land is Afghanistan, it is the pride of every Afghan The land of peace, the land of sword, each of its sons is brave
Second stanza
دا وطن د ټولو کور دی د بلوڅو، د ازبکو پــښــتــنو او هزاراو د ترکمنو، د تاجکو	Dā watan də ttolo kor dai, də Balotso, də Uzbəko Pax̌tano aw Hazārāo, də Turkməno, də Tāǰəko	This is the country of every tribe, The land of Balochs and Uzbeks Pashtuns and Hazaras, Turkmens and Tajiks
Third stanza
ور سره عرب، ګوجر دي پامیریان، نورستانیان براهوي دي، قزلباش دي هم ایماق، هم پشایان	Wər sara Arəb, Guǰər di, Pāmiryān, Nuristānyān Brāhuwi di, Qizilbāsh di, ham Aimāq, ham Pašāyān	With them, there are Arabs and Gujjars, Pamiris, Nuristanis Brahuis, and Qizilbash, also Aimaqs and Pashais
Fourth stanza
دا هیواد به تل ځلېړي لکه لمر پر شنه آسمان په سینې کې د آسیا به لکه زړه وي جاویدان	Dā hiwād ba təl dzaleγ̌i, ləka lmar pər šnə āsmān Pə sine ke də Āsyā ba, ləka zrrə wi ǰāwidān	This land will shine for ever, like the sun in the blue sky In the chest of Asia, it will remain as heart for ever
Fifth stanza
نوم د حق مو دی رهبر وایو الله اکبر وایو الله اکبر وایو الله اکبر	Num də haq mo dai rahbar, Wāyu Allāhu Akbar, Wāyu Allāhu Akbar, Wāyu Allāhu Akbar	We will follow the one God We all say, "Allah is the greatest!", we all say, "Allah is the greatest!", we all say, "Allah is the greatest!"

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Various government websites include sound files of the National Anthem:

The Office of the President of Afghanistan
The Embassy of Afghanistan in the United States, which features both instrumental and vocal versions of the anthem.

[0] Constitution of Afghanistan in Dari] and Pashtu]

[1] The Page about national anthem from wikipedia in pashtu

[2] Office of the President - The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

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