List of wars involving Afghanistan

This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.

Conflict	Afghanistan and allies	Opponents	Results	Details
Hotaki dynasty (1709–1738)
Battle of Gulnabad (1722)	Hotaki dynasty	Safavid Empire	Victory
Siege of Isfahan (1722)	Hotaki dynasty	Safavid Empire	Victory	Abdication of Sultan Husayn, Mahmud Hotak declared Shah of Iran
Ottoman–Hotaki War (1726–1727)	Hotaki dynasty	Ottoman Empire	Treaty of Hamedan
Battle of Damghan (1729)	Hotaki dynasty	Safavid Empire	Defeat
Battle of Khwar Pass (1729)	Hotaki dynasty	Safavid Empire	Defeat	Failure of attempted Ambush on Safavid forces
Battle of Murche-Khort (1729)	Hotaki dynasty	Safavid Empire	Defeat	Safavid liberation of Isfahan
Battle of Zarghan (1730)	Hotaki dynasty	Safavid Empire	Defeat	Afghans Expulsed from Persia
Herat Campaign of 1731 (1731-1732)	Hotaki dynasty Sadozai Sultanate of Herat	Afsharid dynasty	Defeat	End of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
Siege of Kandahar (1737-1738)	Hotaki dynasty	Afsharid dynasty	Defeat	End of the Hotak Dynasty
Sadozai Sultanate of Herat (1716–1732)
Battle of Sangan (1727)	Sadozai Sultanate of Herat	Safavid Empire	Defeat
Herat Campaign of 1729 (1729)	Sadozai Sultanate of Herat	Safavid Empire	Defeat
Battle of Kafer Qal'eh (1729)	Sadozai Sultanate of Herat	Safavid Empire	Defeat
Herat Campaign of 1731 (1731-1732)	Sadozai Sultanate of Herat Hotaki Dynasty	Safavid Empire	Defeat	End of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
Durrani Empire (1747–1823)
Battle of Lahore (1748) (1748)	Durrani Empire	Mughal Empire	Victory
Battle of Manupur (1748)	Durrani Empire	Mughal Empire	Defeat
Battle of Lahore (1752)	Durrani Empire	Mughal Empire	Victory
Sack of Delhi (1757) (1757)	Durrani Empire	Mughal Empire	Victory
Battle of Narela (1757)	Durrani Empire	Maratha Empire	Victory
Battle of Taraori (1759) (1759)	Durrani Empire	Maratha Empire Mughal Empire	Victory
Battle of Barari Ghat (1760)	Durrani Empire Rohilla Afghans	Maratha Empire	Victory
Battle of Sikandarabad (1760)	Durrani Empire Rohilla Afghans	Maratha Empire	Victory
Samalkha (1760) (1760)	Durrani Empire	Maratha Empire	Victory
Meerut (1760) (1760)	Durrani Empire	Maratha Empire	Victory
Third Battle of Panipat (1761)	Durrani Empire	Maratha 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	Qajar dynasty	Inconclusive
Emirate of Herat (1793–1863)
Siege of Herat (1837–1838)	Emirate of Herat	Qajar dynasty	Victory
Herat campaign (1862-1863) (1862–1863)	Emirate of Herat	Emirate of Afghanistan	Defeat	Afghanistan annexes the Emirate of Herat.
Emirate of Kabul (1823-1855) Emirate of Afghanistan (1855-1926)
Afghan–Sikh Wars (1819-1837)	Emirate of Kabul	Sikh Empire	Inconclusive
Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834) (1834)	Emirate of Kabul	Amirs of Jalalabad Kunariwals Mohmand	Victory
Expedition of Shuja ul-Mulk (1834)	Principality of Qandahar Emirate of Kabul	Shah Shuja's forces British Empire East India Company Sikh Empire	Victory
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)	Emirate of Kabul	British Empire British East India Company	Victory	British withdrawal Dost Mohammad Khan reinstalled to the throne of Kabul Destruction of Sadozai power in Afghanistan
Khost rebellion (1856–1857) (1856–1857)	Afghanistan	Rebel tribes Khostwal Waziri	Government victory	Rebellion suppressed
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880)	Afghanistan	British Empire British India	Defeat	Treaty of Gandamak British Strategic Victory, after achieving most desired goals (controlling Afghanistan's foreign policy on the condition of subsidies paid to the Afghans, North-West Frontier province annexed to British India). Afghan Tactical Victory, after achieving the prevention of a British residence in Kabul and British military withdrawal.
Panjdeh incident (1885)	Afghanistan	Russian Empire	Defeat	Russians defeated an outnumbered Afghan detachment on the border; Afghanistan are handing over a small territory on the border where the Russians are building the fortress "Kushka"
1888–1893 Hazara uprisings (1888–1893)	Emirate of Afghanistan	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
Khost rebellion (1912) (1912)	Emirate of Afghanistan	Rebel tribes Mangal Jadran	Government victory	Rebellion suppressed
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)	Afghanistan	British Empire British India	Inconclusive	Treaty of Rawalpindi Afghan diplomatic victory British tactical victory British strategic victory with the reaffirmation of the Durand Line as a border Afghan independence with full sovereignty in foreign affairs
Alizai rebellion of 1923 (1923)	Afghanistan	Rebel tribes Alizai	Government victory	Rebellion suppressed
Khost rebellion (1924–1925)	Afghanistan	Mangal, Sulaiman Khel and Ali Khel tribesmen	Government victory	Rebellion suppressed
Saqqawist low-level insurgency (1924–1928)	Afghanistan	Saqqawists	Escalated into civil war
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)
First Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)	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	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
Battle of Herat (1931)	Kingdom of Afghanistan	Saqqawists	Government victory	Saqqawists wiped out
Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 (1944–1947)	Kingdom of Afghanistan	Rebel tribes: Zadran Mangal Safi	Government victory	Rebellions suppressed
1945 Hazara Rebellion (1945–1946)	Kingdom of Afghanistan	Hazara rebels under Ebrāhim Beg	Government victory	Rebellion suppressed
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)
Panjshir Valley uprising (1975)	Republic of Afghanistan	Jamiat-e-Islami	Victory	Uprising suppressed
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987)
Saur Revolution (1978)	Republic of Afghanistan	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan	Defeat	PDPA victory Overthrow and execution of Mohammad Daoud Khan and his family Purging of Daoud's supporters from the government Establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Eventual Soviet military intervention
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)	Soviet Union Afghanistan	Afghan mujahideen Pakistan	Defeat	Afghan mujahideen victory Geneva Accords Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan Afghan Civil War continues
Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992)
Second Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) (1989–1992)	Republic of Afghanistan Supported by: Soviet Union (until 1991) India Commonwealth of Independent States (from 1991) Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Russia (until January 1992)	Afghan Interim Government Jamiat-e Islami Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until July 1989) National Islamic Front of Afghanistan Ittehad-e Islami Hezb-i Islami Khalis Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami Independent Factions: Khalq (1990) Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (from July 1989) Junbish-i Milli (from 1992) Foreign Mujahideen: Al Qaeda Maktab al-Khidamat Various factions also fought among each other Supported by: Pakistan United States Saudi Arabia United Kingdom China Germany Iran	Afghan Interim Government victory	Dissolution of the Homeland Party Government The Peshawar Accord leads to the creation of the Islamic State of Afghanistan on 28 April 1992 Continued civil war among Mujahideen forces
Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2001)
Third Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) (1992–1996)	Islamic State of Afghanistan Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar Hezb-e Islami Khalis (until mid-1992) Ittehad-e Islami Harakat-i-Inqilab Jebh-e Nejat-e Melli Mahaz-e Milli Harakat-i Islami Hezb-i Wahdat (until Dec. 1992) Junbish-i Milli (until Jan. 1994; from Aug. 1994) Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (from late 1994) Supported by: Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan (until Jan. 1994; from Aug. 1994) Iran (until Dec. 1992)	Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until late 1994) Khalq (pro Gulbuddin factions, until late 1994) Supported by: Pakistan Hezb-i Wahdat (after Dec. 1992) Junbish-i Milli (Jan. 1994-Aug. 1994) Supported by: Uzbekistan Regional Kandahar Militia Leaders Afghan Army and Airforce Remnants (allegedly, until October 1992) Taliban (from late 1994) Khalq (pro Taliban factions, from late 1994) Al-Qaeda (from early 1996) Supported by: Pakistan	Taliban victory	Taliban take control of Kabul and most of Afghanistan; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan established Thousands of civilians killed, millions driven from their homes, Kabul heavily damaged. Grave mistreatment of civilians (murder, looting, extortion) Civil war continues (1996–2001)
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
Fourth Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) (1996–2001)	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban Al-Qaeda	Islamic State of Afghanistan United Front	Stalemate	Stalemate with varying fronts between the Taliban and Massoud's forces (United Front)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (2001–2021)	Invasion (2001): United States Northern Alliance United Kingdom France Canada Italy Germany Australia New Zealand	Invasion (2001): Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban Haqqani network Non-state allies: Al-Qaeda 055 Brigade Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad	American-led coalition victory (Phase 1)	Collapse of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) Establishment of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan Start of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (2001–2021)	ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021): Islamic State of Afghanistan (2001–2002) Afghan Transitional Authority (2002–2004) Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) ISAF (2001–2014; 51 countries) United States United Kingdom Canada Germany Australia Italy New Zealand France Turkey Georgia (country) Jordan Bulgaria Poland Romania Spain Czech Republic Macedonia Denmark Armenia Azerbaijan Finland Croatia Hungary Norway Lithuania Mongolia United Arab Emirates Belgium Portugal Slovakia Netherlands Montenegro Latvia Sweden Albania Ukraine Bosnia–Herzegovina Greece Ireland Iceland Estonia Austria Malaysia Slovenia Colombia Switzerland Bahrain El Salvador Luxembourg South Korea Tonga Singapore Resolute Support (2015–2021; 36 countries) High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (allegedly; from 2015) Khost Protection Force and other pro-government paramilitaries	ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021): Taliban · Haqqani network (from 2002) al-Qaeda · Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Taliban splinter groups · Mullah Dadullah Front (from 2012) · Fidai Mahaz (from 2013) Supported by: Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (on and off until 2016) Islamic Jihad Union (from 2002) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (until 2015) Turkistan Islamic Party Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Pakistani Taliban Lashkar-e-Islam Iran (alleged, but denied by Iran) Pakistan (alleged, but denied by Pakistan) Russia (alleged, but denied by Russia) Saudi Arabia (alleged, but denied by Saudi Arabia) Qatar (alleged by Saudi Arabia, but denied by Qatar) China (alleged by the US, but denied by China) RS phase (2015–2021): ISIL–KP (from 2015) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (since 2015)	Taliban victory (Phase 2)	Destruction of al-Qaeda militant training camps Death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Coalition failure to quell Taliban insurgency since 2006 Doha Agreement (2020) Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021) 2021 Taliban offensive culminating in Fall of Kabul Overthrow of coalition-backed Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)
Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)	Afghanistan Taliban Haqqani network Al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (pro-Taliban & anti-IS factions) Turkistan Islamic Party Pakistani Taliban	Islamic State Khorasan Province IS central command Mullah Dadullah Front(until 2016) Fidai Mahaz (until 2021) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (pro-IS factions)	Ongoing	Initial Taliban victories in the battles of Darzab and Nangarhar Collapse of the Islamic State stronghold in eastern Afghanistan in 2019 Taliban captures all of the former Islamic Republic territory in 2021 IS-KP regains strength in eastern Afghanistan following Taliban takeover IS-KP rebellion in eastern Afghanistan suppressed Continued IS-KP guerilla warfare and insurgent attacks, including cross-border attacks into Pakistan
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan (2021–present)	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaeda (alleged) Supported by: Pakistan (until 2024; unconfirmed)	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan loyalists National Resistance Front (NRF) Ahmad Khan Samangani Front Afghanistan Freedom Front Afghanistan Islamic National & Liberation Movement Many smaller factions Supported by: Tajikistan (alleged) Pakistan (alleged, since 2024) Independent militias Taliban dissidents	Ongoing	Ongoing as a hit-and-run campaign Taliban captures part of the Panjshir Valley, NRF controls no territory outside of Panjshir