List of wars involving Afghanistan
This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.
Conflict | Afghanistan and allies | Opponents | Results | Details |
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Hotaki dynasty (1709–1738) | ||||
Battle of Gulnabad (1722) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory | |
Siege of Isfahan (1722) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory | Abdication of Sultan Husayn, Mahmud Hotak declared Shah of Iran |
Ottoman–Hotaki War (1726–1727) | ![]() | ![]() | Treaty of Hamedan | |
Battle of Damghan (1729) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | |
Battle of Khwar Pass (1729) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | Failure of attempted Ambush on Safavid forces |
Battle of Murche-Khort (1729) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | Safavid liberation of Isfahan |
Battle of Zarghan (1730) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | Afghans Expulsed from Persia |
Herat Campaign of 1731 (1731-1732) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | End of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat |
Siege of Kandahar (1737-1738) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | End of the Hotak Dynasty |
Sadozai Sultanate of Herat (1716–1732) | ||||
Battle of Sangan (1727) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | ![]() | Defeat | |
Herat Campaign of 1729 (1729) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | ![]() | Defeat | |
Battle of Kafer Qal'eh (1729) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | ![]() | Defeat | |
Herat Campaign of 1731 (1731-1732) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | ![]() | Defeat | End of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat |
Durrani Empire (1747–1823) | ||||
Battle of Lahore (1748) | Victory | |||
Battle of Manupur | Defeat | |||
Battle of Lahore | Victory | |||
Durrani occupation of Delhi (1757) (1757) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Victory | |
Battle of Bharatpur (1757) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Defeat | |
Battle of Narela | Defeat | |||
Battle of Attock | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Defeat | |
Capture of Peshawar (1758) | Defeat | |||
Battle of Lahore (1759) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Defeat | |
Battle of Taraori (1759) | Victory | |||
Battle of Barari Ghat (1760) | Durrani Empire![]() | ![]() | Victory | |
Battle of Sikandarabad (1760) | Durrani Empire![]() | ![]() | Victory | |
Samalkha (1760) (1760) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Victory | |
Meerut (1760) (1760) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Victory | |
Third Battle of Panipat (1761) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Victory | |
Battle of Nimla (1809) (1809) | Durrani Empire | Coalition of Shah Mahmud | Coalition victory | Mahmud Shah Durrani ascends the throne again in his second reign until his eventual deposition in 1818. |
Battle of Kafir Qala (1818) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Inconclusive | |
Afghan-Sikh Wars (1748-1819) | Durrani Empire | ![]() | Rise and fall of the Afghans, rise of the Sikhs. | |
Emirate of Herat (1793–1863) | ||||
Siege of Herat (1837–1838) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory | |
Herat campaign (1862-1863) (1862–1863) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | Afghanistan annexes the Emirate of Herat. |
Emirate of Kabul (1823-1855) Emirate of Afghanistan (1855-1926) | ||||
Afghan–Sikh Wars (1819-1837) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive | |
Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834) (1834) | ![]() | Amirs of Jalalabad Kunar Mohmand tribe | Victory | |
Expedition of Shuja ul-Mulk (1834) | Principality of Qandahar![]() | Shah Shuja's forces![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory | |
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
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Khost rebellion (1856–1857) (1856–1857) | ![]() | Rebel tribes
| Government victory | Rebellion suppressed |
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
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Panjdeh incident (1885) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
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1888–1893 Hazara uprisings (1888–1893) | ![]() | Hazara people | Afghan victory | Killing and displacement of 60% of the Hazara people's population including 35,000 families that fled to northern Afghanistan, Mashhad (Qajar Iran) and Quetta[1] |
Khost rebellion (1912) (1912) | ![]() | Rebel tribes | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed |
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive |
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Alizai rebellion of 1923 (1923) | ![]() | Rebel tribes | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed |
Khost rebellion (1924–1925) | ![]() | Mangal, Sulaiman Khel and Ali Khel tribesmen | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed |
Saqqawist low-level insurgency (1924–1928) | ![]() | ![]() | Escalated into civil war | |
Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926) | ![]() | ![]() | Peace treaty |
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Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973) | ||||
First Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) | ![]() ![]() ![]() Various anti-Saqqawist tribes
![]() Intervening against Basmachi: | Shinwari tribesmen (14 November–December 1928) ![]() In cooperation with:
| Anti-Saqqawist victory, Double regime change |
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Shinwari rebellion (1930) | ![]() | Shinwari tribesmen | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed |
Kuhistan rebellion (1930) | ![]() | ![]() | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed |
Battle of Herat[3] (1931) | ![]() | ![]() | Government victory | Saqqawists wiped out |
Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 (1944–1947) | ![]() | Rebel tribes: | Government victory | Rebellions suppressed |
1945 Hazara Rebellion (1945–1946) | ![]() | Hazara rebels under Ebrāhim Beg | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed |
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987) | ||||
Saur Revolution (1978) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | PDPA victory |
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
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Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992) | ||||
Second Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) (1989–1992) | ![]() | ![]() | Mujahideen victory |
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Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2001) | ||||
Third Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) (1992–1996) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Regime change |
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) | ||||
Fourth Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) (1996–2001) | ![]() | ![]() | Stalemate |
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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021) | ||||
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (2001–2021) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Defeat (Phase 1) |
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![]() ![]() | ![]() | Taliban victory (Phase 2) |
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present) | ||||
Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2014–present) | ![]()
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| Ongoing | |
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan (2021–present) | ![]() | ![]() | Ongoing |
History of Afghanistan |
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Timeline |
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