List of wars involving Afghanistan

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
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 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 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 Government victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919)
Afghanistan British Empire 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
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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