List of wars involving Afghanistan

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This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.

Conflict	Afghanistan and allies	Opponents	Results
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
Afghan-Sikh Wars (1813)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Stalemate some territorial changes
Emirate of Afghanistan (1823–1926)
Siege of Herat (1837–1838)	Afghanistan	Qajar dynasty	Victory
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)	Afghanistan	British Empire British India	Victory British Indian withdrawal after abandoning its war objective Dost Mohammad Khan retains the Afghan throne
Khost rebellion (1856–1857)	Afghanistan	Rebel tribes Khostwal Waziri	Government victory Rebellion suppressed
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880)	Afghanistan	British Empire  British India	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]
Khost rebellion (1912)	Emirate of Afghanistan	Rebel tribes Mangal Jadran	Government victory Rebellion suppressed
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)	Afghanistan	British Empire  British India	Victory Treaty of Rawalpindi 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 Wardak Maydan Jalriz Sanglakh 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: Zadran Mangal Safi	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 Regime change 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	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  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

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.