Template:Country data Afghanistan

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Template:Country data Afghanistan is an internal data container not intended to be transcluded directly. It is used indirectly by templates such as {{flag}}, {{flagcountry}}, and others.

This template is within the scope of WikiProject Flag Template, a collaborative effort to maintain flag templates on Wikipedia. A more thorough discussion of the flag template system, including parameters not described here, can be found on the project page.

Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Afghanistan`	Main article name (Afghanistan)
`flag alias`	`Flag of the Taliban.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of the Taliban.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

These variants cannot be used unless the line | variant = {{{variant|}}} is added to this template.

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`1880`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1880–1901).svg`
`1901`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1901–1919).svg`
`1919`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1919–1921).svg`
`1926`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1926–1928).svg`
`1928a`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1928).svg`
`1928`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1928–1929).svg`
`1929a`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1929).svg`
`1929`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1929–1931).svg`
`1930`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1931–1973).svg`
`1973`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1973–1974).svg`
`1974`	[[File:{{{flag alias-1974}}}\|40px\|border]]	`{{{flag alias-1974}}}`
`1978`	[[File:{{{flag alias-1978}}}\|40px\|border]]	`{{{flag alias-1978}}}`
`1978a`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1978).svg`
`1980`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1980–1987).svg`
`1987`	[[File:{{{flag alias-1987}}}\|40px\|border]]	`{{{flag alias-1987}}}`
`1992a`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1992).svg`
`1992`		`Flag of Afghanistan (1992–2001).svg`
`1996`		`Flag of Taliban (original).svg`
`1997`		`Flag of the Taliban.svg`
`2001`		`Flag of Afghanistan (2001–2002).svg`
`2002`		`Flag of Afghanistan (2002–2004).svg`
`2004`		`Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg`
`2013`		`Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2021).svg`
`Taliban`	[[File:{{{flag alias-Taliban}}}\|40px\|border]]	`{{{flag alias-Taliban}}}`
`naval`		`Flag of the Afghan National Police (English).svg`
`air force`		`Flag of the Afghan Air Force.svg`

Military ensigns

This template includes a naval ensign flag variant that can be used with {{naval ensign}}:

{{naval ensign|Afghanistan}} → Afghan National Police
{{flagicon3|Afghanistan|naval}} →

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with {{air force flag}}:

{{air force flag|Afghanistan}} → Afghan Air Force
{{flagicon3|Afghanistan|air force}} →

This nation's military ensign is the same as its national flag, so {{armed forces}} produces the following:

{{military|Afghanistan}} → Template:Military

This nation's army ensign is the same as its national flag, so {{army}} produces the following:

{{army|Afghanistan}} → Template:Army

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	{{flag\|`alias`}} output	{{flagcountry\|`alias`}} output
`AFG` (view)	Template:Country data AFG	Template:Country data AFG

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Afghanistan}} → Afghanistan
{{flagicon3|Afghanistan}} →

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Afghanistan|1880}} → Afghanistan
{{flagicon3|Afghanistan|1880}} →

Using a redirect alias

{{flag|AFG}} → Template:Country data AFG
{{flagicon3|AFG}} → Template:Country data AFG
{{flagcountry|AFG}} → Template:Country data AFG

TemplateData

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TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Discussion
There is an ongoing discussion about that matter. Feel invited to comment if you are experienced in either way, your time permits and if you like to share your opinion or to make a suggestion.

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template should not be used directly. It is used indirectly by flag templates such as Template:Flag and Template:Flagicon. See Category:Flag template system for a full list of flag templates and Wikipedia:WikiProject Flag Template for further documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
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