List of wars involving Afghanistan

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This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.

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Conflict Afghanistan
and allies		 Opponents Results
Hotaki dynasty
(1709–1738)
Battle of Gulnabad
(1722)		 Hotaki dynasty Safavid Empire Victory
Battle of Damghan
(1729)		 Hotaki dynasty Safavid Empire Defeat
Durrani Empire
(1747–1823)
Battle of Panipat
(1761)		 Durrani Empire  Maratha Empire Victory
Afghan-Sikh Wars
(1813)		 Durrani Empire Sikh Empire Sikh Empire Stalemate
  • some territorial changes
Emirate of Afghanistan
(1823–1926)
First Anglo-Afghan War
(1839–1842)		 Afghanistan United Kingdom British Empire Victory
  • British Indian withdrawal after abandoning its war objective
  • Dost Mohammad Khan retains the Afghan throne
Second Anglo-Afghan War
(1878–1880)		 Afghanistan United Kingdom British Empire Stalemate
  • 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]
Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919)		 Afghanistan Afghanistan United Kingdom British Empire Victory
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
(1978–1992)
Soviet war in Afghanistan
(1979–1989)		 Soviet Union Soviet Union
Afghanistan D.R. Afghanistan		 Mujahideen Mujahideen victory
  • Geneva Accords
  • Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan
  • Afghan Civil War continues
Civil war in Afghanistan
(1989–1992)		 Afghanistan D.R. Afghanistan Mujahideen Mujahideen victory
Islamic State of Afghanistan
(1992–2001)
Civil war in Afghanistan
(1992–1996)		 Afghanistan Islamic State of Afghanistan Taliban
Al Qaeda		 Regime change
Civil war in Afghanistan
(1996–2001)		 Afghanistan United Front (Islamic State of Afghanistan) 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)		 Afghanistan Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)
Al-Qaeda
 Pakistan		 Afghanistan 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

 Afghanistan

 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.
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