War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to:
Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC), the conquest of Afghanistan by the Macedonian Empire
Muslim conquests of Afghanistan, a series of campaigns in the 7th, 8th, and 9th, and 10th centuries
Mongol campaigns in Central Asia (1216–1222), the conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire
Mughal conquests in Afghanistan (1526), the conquest by the Mughal Empire
Afghan Civil War (1863–1869), a civil war between Sher Ali Khan and Mohammad Afzal Khan's faction after the death of Dost Mohammad Khan
Anglo−Afghan Wars, wars conducted by British India in Afghanistan
First Anglo−Afghan War (1839–1842)
Second Anglo−Afghan War (1878–1880)
Third Anglo−Afghan War (1919)
Panjdeh incident (1885), an incursion into Afghanistan by the Russian Empire during the era of the "Great Game"
Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), revolts by the Shinwari and the Saqqawists; the Saqqawists take over Kabul for a 9-month period
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929), an invasion by the Soviet Union against the Saqqawists in support of the royalists
Afghan conflict, various wars since 1978
Saur Revolution (1978), a communist insurrection against the Republic of Afghanistan government by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989), a war between Afghan mujahideen rebels and the Soviet Armed Forces and the Soviet puppet Democratic Republic of Afghanistan regime
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992), the collapse of the Mohammad Najibullah regime
Afghan Civil War (1992–1996), the subsequent infighting among the mujahideen that saw the expansion of Taliban militancy across most of Afghanistan until the establishment of the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 1996
Afghan Civil War (1996–2001), an insurgency against the Taliban largely led by the Northern Alliance
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), wars after an American-lead coalition intervened in 2001:
United States invasion of Afghanistan, the initial invasion against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in 2001
Taliban insurgency, a rebellion against the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014
Resolute Support Mission, a phase of reduced Western presence where anti-insurgency operations continued against the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State from 2014 to 2021
2021 Taliban offensive, the Taliban conquest of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present), a conflict between the Taliban and the rival Islamic State
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan (2021–present), a conflict between ruling Taliban militias and rebels
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Third Battle of Panipat
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