File talk:Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan (2015–2021).svg

Taliban shading

Due to the presence of both ISIS and Taliban forces, the shading for the Al-Qaeda aligned Taliban should follow the consistency as seen in the maps of Yemen, Syria and Libya where typically a white/gray color scheme is used. The current color scheme in use (while understandable), is reminiscent of the ISIS color scheme used in those above images and also in Iraq and Nigeria. This seems appropriate not only for maintaining consistency, but also because the original usage of the color scheme was used to denote the primary colors associated with each faction and first emerged with the Syrian civil war image i.e Most rebel factions use the this flag therefore they are green, Syrian government uses this flag therefore they are red, Kurds in Syria use this flag therefore yellow and ISIS use this flag therefore black etc.

This isn't an official rule and can't obviously be used for all factions as many different factions use similar colors. But most of the flag used by the Taliban is white, so it seems appropriate.

Alternatively, the color green typically now associated with the largest rebel factions in countries with Red (Internationally recognized government) and Green (main opposition force) color schemes like Yemen can also be looked in to, as the Taliban, whilst being Sunni and fundamentalist, is comparatively similar to the Shia tribal Houthis, which are depicted as Green due to being the largest opposing force to the government, just like how the Taliban is in Afghanistan. I'd make the changes myself, but I have no knowledge on how to edit these templates and would rather forge consensus than unilateral action. --Donenne (talk) 06:15, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

How about simply using green shade colors for government/coalition forces, red for direct opponents and grey for third parties? That wouldn't need much knowledge about all the parties involved and delivers a clear overview about the quality and quantity of the parties. ----angerdan (talk) 15:10, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Update

There has now been more than two years since this map was last updated! I think time is long overdue for an update! Vif12vf/Tiberius (talk) 12:01, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Gonna make one this week. Libyan war too.--Ermanarich (talk) 21:48, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Unreliable/unclear sourcing

It is unclear what the sourcing of this map is. An anonymous Twitter account appears to have been used as a source for this map, as such it is unreliably sourced and will not pass the WP:V requirement for inclusion in articles on EN Wiki. FOARP (talk) 12:39, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Why is this map so different than this one https://afghanistan.liveuamap.com ? If the only source for the current one is a random twitter account, surely my link is a better source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koanarec (talk • contribs) 10:31, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

2021 Update

The recent Taliban onslaught in Afghanistan has made the updating of this map a priority. Araukan (talk) 21:39, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Please update the Taliban captured Kandhar, Herat, and are at the outskirts of Kabul. Mausebru (talk) 15:27, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

How to transform the module/template into svg? There's no manual and user Mausebru seems to be the only one who modifies the svg. --angerdan (talk) 13:55, 15 August 2021 (UTC)