List of wars involving Afghanistan

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This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.

"Interior of the palace of Shauh Shujah Ool Moolk, Late King of Cabul"

Ancient

Indus valley civilization	2200–1800 BC
Oxus civilization	2100–1800 BC
Aryans	1700–700 BC
Median Empire	728–550 BC
Achaemenid Empire	550–330 BC
Seleucid Empire	330–150 BC
Maurya Empire	305–180 BC
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom	256–125 BC
Parthian Empire	247 BC–224 AD
Indo-Greek Kingdom	180–130 BC
Indo-Scythian Kingdom	155–80? BC
Kushan Empire	135 BC – 248 AD
Indo-Parthian Kingdom	20 BC – 50? AD
Sasanian Empire	230–651
Kidarite Kingdom	320–465
Hephthalite Empire	410–557

Medieval

Kabul Shahi	565–879
Principality of Chaghaniyan	7th–8th centuries
Rashidun Caliphate	652–661
Umayyads	661–750
Abbasids	750–821
Tahirids	821–873
Saffarids	863–900
Samanids	875–999
Ghaznavids	963–1187
Ghurids	before 879–1215
Seljuqs	1037–1194
Khwarezmids	1215–1231
Qarlughids	1224–1266
Ilkhanate	1258–1353
Chagatai Khanate	1225–1370
Khiljis	1290–1320
Karts	1245–1381
Timurids	1370–1507
Arghuns	1479–1522
Mughals	1501–1738
Safavids	1510–1709
Afsharids	1738-1747

Modern

Hotaki Empire	1709–1738
Durrani Empire	1747–1826
Emirate of Afghanistan	1826–1919
Kingdom of Afghanistan	1919–1973
Republic of Afghanistan	1973–1978
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan	1978–1992
Islamic State of Afghanistan	1992–2001
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	1996–2001
Interim/Transitional Administration	2001–2004
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	since 2004

Book
Category
Portal

Conflict	Afghanistan and allies	Opponents	Results
Durrani Empire (1747–1823)
Battle of Attock (1813)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Sikh rule in the Attock District.
Battle of Multan (1818)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Ended Durrani influence in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. Sikh rule in Peshawar.
Battle of Shopian (1819)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Kashmir annexed into the Sikh Empire.
Battle of Nowshera (1823)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Recapture of Peshawar by the Sikhs. Sikh rule in the Khyber Pass.
Emirate of Afghanistan (1823–1926)
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)	Afghanistan	British Empire East India Company	Defeat British Indian withdrawal after abandoning its war objective. Dost Mohammad Khan retains the Afghan throne.
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880)	Afghanistan	British Empire India	Defeat British Indian withdrawal after achieving the desired political goals through the Treaty of Gandamak. Afghanistan's tribal frontier areas annexed to India. Afghanistan becomes a British Protectorate.
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)	Afghanistan	British Empire India	Defeat British tactical victory. Treaty of Rawalpindi. Afghan independence with full sovereignty in foreign affairs. Reaffirmation of the Durand Line.
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)
Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989)	Soviet Union D.R. Afghanistan	Mujahideen	Victory Geneva Accords. Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan Afghan Civil War continues
Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992)	D.R. Afghanistan	Mujahideen	Regime change Mujahideen victory. Establishment of the Islamic State of Afghanistan led by Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2001)
Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996)	Islamic State of Afghanistan	Taliban Al Qaeda	Regime change Taliban enter Kabul, and establish the largely unrecognized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)	United Front (Islamic State of Afghanistan)	Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) Al-Qaeda Pakistan	Stalemate Stalemate with varying fronts between the Taliban and Massoud's forces (United Front).
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)	Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) Al-Qaeda Pakistan	United Front (Islamic State of Afghanistan)	Stalemate Stalemate with varying fronts between the Taliban and Massoud's forces (United Front).
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–Present)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)	ISAF United States United Kingdom Germany Italy Georgia Poland Romania Turkey Australia Afghanistan	Taliban Al-Qaeda	American-led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda militant training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Commencement of war's 2015–present phase Taliban insurgency.

Lists of wars involving Asian countries

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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