Talk:List of massacres in Afghanistan

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It would seem to me this list should be chronological. Any reason it isn't? Kevink707 (talk) 19:45, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have been making these lists alphabetical. But if you would like to change it to chronological, feel free to do so. Shaliya waya (talk) 01:10, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of a massacre

This list does not appear to be using the defintion of a massacre, for example the Wech Baghtu wedding party attack was part of a 10 hour battle that had civilian casualties. As it is not asserted in that article that the event was massacre it does not belong on this list. The criteria for this list seems adhoc and should follow the definition sited above for consistency. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.153.161 (talk) 01:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Herat Massacre by the Soviets

The Herat Uprising wiki page clearly states that Soviet forces did not take part in the uprising. This should be edited for clarity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.84.112 (talk) 12:48, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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For the Khalq communist rule section, the Laghman massacre shouldn't be there as it was perpetrated by Soviets and Khalq communists were not in power in 1985. GenerationMeat (talk) 19:11, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Several of those listed appear to have been battles rather than massacres. I suggest that these are excluded. Battles might indeed also kill a very high amount of people, including civilians, but they are still distinct from actual massacres. The list even includes the Soviet withdrawal as a "massacre", which is obviously not justified. I am not an expert on Afghanistan, so I am not 100% sure about whether every single listing is justified or not, but there are at least several who clearly don't belong in a list of massacres. --Te og kaker (talk) 19:16, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of the massacres on this list are actually battles? I don’t know if they should even be considered as massacres. AfghanParatrooper19891 (talk) 06:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]