List of wars involving Afghanistan

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This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.

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History of Afghanistan
Timeline
Ancient
Indus Valley Civilisation 2200–1800 BC
Oxus civilization 2100–1800 BC
Gandhara Kingdom 1500–535 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
Alchon Huns 380–560
Hephthalite Empire 410–557
Nezak Huns 484–711
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
Seljuks 1037–1194
Khwarezmids 1215–1231
Mongol Invasion 1219-1226
Chagatai Khanate 1226–1245
Qarlughids 1224–1266
Ilkhanate 1256–1335
Kartids 1245–1381
Timurids 1370–1507
Arghuns 1520–1591
Modern
Mughals 1501–1738
Safavids 1510–1709
Hotak dynasty 1709–1738
Afsharid dynasty 1738–1747
Durrani Empire 1747–1823
Emirate of Afghanistan 1823–1919
Kingdom of Afghanistan 1919–1973
Daoud coup 1973
Republic of Afghanistan 1973–1978
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan 1978–1992
Islamic State of Afghanistan 1992–2001
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 1996–2004
Interim/Transitional Administration 2001–2004
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since 2004
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Conflict Afghanistan
and allies		 Opponents Results
Lodi dynasty
(1451-1526)
First Battle of Panipat
(1526)		 Lodi dynasty Mughal Empire
  • Afghan Mughal Loyalists
 Defeat
  • Victory for Afghan Mughal Loyalists
Sur Empire
(1540-1556)
Battle of Chausa
(1539)		 Sur Empire Mughal Empire
  • Afghan Mughal Loyalists
 Victory
  • Defeat for Afghan Mughal Loyalists
Battle of Sirhind
(1555)		 Sur Empire Mughal Empire
  • Afghan Mughal Loyalists
 Defeat
  • Victory for Afghan Mughal Loyalists
Hotaki dynasty
(1709–1738)
Battle of Gulnabad
(1722)		 Hotaki dynasty Safavid Empire Victory
Siege of Isfahan
(1722)		 Hotaki dynasty Safavid Empire Victory
Ottoman–Hotaki War (1722–1727) Hotaki dynasty Ottoman empire Military victory
Treaty of Hamedan
Battle of Damghan
(1729)		 Hotaki dynasty Safavid Empire Defeat
Durrani Empire
(1747–1823)
Battle of Panipat
(1761)		 Durrani Empire  Maratha Empire Victory

Battle of Attock (1758)

Durrani Empire  Maratha Empire Defeat

Battle of Narela
(1757)

Durrani Empire

 Maratha Empire

 Defeat

Battle of Peshawar
(1758)

Durrani Empire

 Maratha Empire

 Defeat
Afghan-Sikh Wars
(1813)		 Durrani Empire Sikh Empire Defeat
Emirate of Afghanistan
(1823–1926)
Siege of Herat (1837–1838) Afghanistan  Qajar dynasty Victory
First Anglo-Afghan War
(1839–1842)		 Afghanistan British Empire Victory
  • British Indian withdrawal after abandoning its war objective
  • Dost Mohammad Khan retains the Afghan throne
Khost rebellion

(1856–1857)

 Afghanistan Rebel tribes Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Second Anglo-Afghan War
(1878–1880)		 Afghanistan British Empire Defeat

British 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.
1888-1893 Uprisings of Hazaras Afghan forces loyal to Abdur Rahman Khan Afghan forces loyal to Sher Ali Khan including the Hazara people Victory of Abdur Rahman Khan
  • Killing and displacement of 60% of the Hazara people's population including 35,000 families that fled to northern Afghanistan, Mashhad (Iran) and Quetta (Pakistan)[1]
Khost rebellion (1912)  Emirate of Afghanistan Rebel tribes Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919)		 Afghanistan British Empire Stalemate
  • Treaty of Rawalpindi
  • Inconclusive military operation
  • British strategic victory with the reaffirmation of the Durand Line as a border
  • Afghan independence with full sovereignty in foreign affairs
  • Reaffirmation of the Durand Line
Alizai rebellion of 1923
(1923)		 Afghanistan Alizai Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Khost rebellion

(1924–1925)

 Afghanistan Mangal, Sulaiman Khel and Ali Khel tribesmen Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Urtatagai conflict

(1925–1926)

 Afghanistan  Soviet Union Peace treaty
  • Afghanistan is obligated to restrain Basmachi border raids
  • Soviet Union captures, then cedes back Urtatagai
Kingdom of Afghanistan
(1926–1973)
Afghan civil war of 1928-29 Amānullāh Khān (Until 14 January 1929)
Inayatullah Khan (14-17 January 1929)
Ali Ahmad Khan (17 January - 9 February 1929)
Various anti-Saqqawist tribes
Mohammed Nādir Khān (March–October 1929)
Intervening against Basmachi:

 Soviet Union[2]

 Shinwari tribesmen (14 November–December 1928)
Saqqawists (late November 1928 onwards)

In cooperation with:

Basmachi (1929)

 Anti-Saqqawist victory, Double regime change
  • Overthrow of Amanullah Khan by Habibullāh Kalakāni, followed by the overthrow of Habibullāh Kalakāni by Mohammed Nadir Shah.
Shinwari rebellion

(1930)

 Kingdom of Afghanistan Shinwari tribesmen Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Kuhistan rebellion

(1930)

 Kingdom of Afghanistan Saqqawists Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947

(1944–1947)

 Kingdom of Afghanistan Rebel tribes: Government victory
  • Rebellions suppressed
Ebrāhim Beg's revolt

(1945–1946)

  Kingdom of Afghanistan Hazara rebels under Ebrāhim Beg Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
(1978–1992)
Soviet–Afghan War
(1979–1989)		 Soviet Union
D.R. Afghanistan		 Mujahideen Mujahideen victory
  • Geneva Accords
  • Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan
  • Afghan Civil War continues
Civil war in Afghanistan
(1989–1992)		 D.R. Afghanistan Mujahideen Mujahideen victory
Islamic State of Afghanistan
(1992–2001)
Civil war in Afghanistan
(1992–1996)		 Islamic State of Afghanistan Taliban
Al Qaeda		 Regime change
Civil war in Afghanistan
(1996–2001)		 United Front (Islamic State of Afghanistan) Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)
Al-Qaeda
 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
 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–present)		 ISAF

 Afghanistan

 Taliban
Al-Qaeda		 American-led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan

References
  1. دلجو, عباس (2014). تاریخ باستانی هزاره ها. کابل: انتشارات امیری. ISBN 9936801504.
  2. Ritter, William S. (1990). "Revolt in the Mountains: Fuzail Maksum and the Occupation of Garm, Spring 1929". Journal of Contemporary History. 25 (4): 547–580. doi:10.1177/002200949002500408. ISSN 0022-0094. JSTOR 260761.
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