War in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to:

Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC)
Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709)
Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see Mongol conquest of Central Asia
Mughal conquests in Afghanistan
Third Afghan Civil War (1863–1869) A civil war between Sher Ali Khan and the Afzalid faction after the death of Dost Mohammad Khan
Anglo−Afghan Wars (first involvement of the British Empire in Afghanistan via India)
- First Anglo−Afghan War (1839–1842)
- Second Anglo−Afghan War (1878–1880)
- Third Anglo−Afghan War (1919)
Panjdeh incident (1885), first major incursion into Afghanistan by the Russian Empire during the Great Game with Britain
First Afghan Civil War, revolts by the Shinwari and the Saqqawists, the latter of whom managed to take over the capital city for a 9-month period.
1973 Afghan coup d'état, King Mohammed Zahir Shah overthrown, monarchy abolished.
Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)
- Saur Revolution (1978), communist insurrection against the Republic of Afghanistan government by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.
- Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979–1989), war between the Afghan mujahideen and Soviet Union following Soviet military intervention in support of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan government.
- Second Afghan Civil War (1989–1992), collapse of the communist Afghan government of Mohammad Najibullah
- Third Afghan Civil War (1992–1996), expansion of the Taliban across most of Afghanistan and establishment of the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 1996
- Fourth Afghan Civil War (1996–2001), lead-up to the 2001 United States-led invasion of Afghanistan, during which the Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan, with the Northern Alliance controlling northern Afghanistan
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), multiple stages:
  - United States invasion of Afghanistan against the Taliban and al-Qaeda
  - Combatting the Taliban insurgency with International Security Assistance Force (a coalition of countries including all NATO members)
  - Resolute Support Mission post-2014 phase consisting of anti-insurgency operations against the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIL
  - 2021 Taliban offensive, Taliban victory and fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Panjshir conflict, a conflict between ruling Taliban militias and rebels in Panjshir Valley.
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)

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