List of wars involving Afghanistan

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This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.

ConflictAfghanistan
and allies
OpponentsResultsDetails
Hotak dynasty (1709–1738)
Campaigns of Nader Shah
(1720s–1747)

Black flag.svg Hotak Emirate
Ottoman army banner in the 1721 Hamse.svg Ottoman Empire
Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Empire
Flag of the Crimean Khanate (15th century).svg Crimean Khanate [1]
Caucasian Imamate.svg Gazikumukh Khanate
Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire
Flag of the Emirate of Bukhara.svg Khanate of Bukhara
Flag of the Khanate of Khiva.svg Khanate of Khiva
Banner of the Kokand Khans.svg Khanate of Kokand
Lezgian flag.svg Lezgins
Darginskii flag.svg Akusha-Dargo Union
Flag of the Avars (Variant 3).svg Avar Khanate
Flag of the Omani Empire.svg Omani Empire
Flag of The Imamate of Oman.svg Imamate of Oman
Flag of the State of Hyderabad (18th century-1900).svg Hyderabad State
Flag of Awadh.svg Oudh State
Black flag.svg Sind State
Flag of Bani Kaab Sheikhdom.svg Banu Ka'b Sheikhdom
Qawasim Flag.svg Al Qawasim Sheikhdom
Flag of Bani Khalid Emirate.svg Emirate of Al Humaid
Flag of Emirate of Muhammara.png Emirate of Muhammara
Principality of Ardalan
Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Sultanate of Herat
Flag of Shaki Khanate.svg Shaki Khanate
Tsakhurskii flag Tsakhur flag `lm tskhwr.svg Elisu Sultanate
Coat of arms of Kartli Georgia.png Kingdom of Kartli
Flag of Kingdom of Kakheti.svg Kingdom of Kakheti

Contents

Empires of Persia:
Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran
(prior to 1736)
Afsharid Imperial Standard (3 Stripes).svg Afsharid Iran [2] (post 1736)
  • Numerous clients & vassal states
Persian victory

Persian victory

  • The Persian Empire expands to its greatest extent since antiquity and subsequently collapses
  • Ephemeral Persian dominance over Central Eurasia
  • Eventual collapse of the Afsharid Empire
Battle of Gulnabad
(1722)

Black flag.svg Hotak Dynasty

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Empire

Hotaki victory
Siege of Isfahan
(1722)

Black flag.svg Hotaks

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran

Hotaki victory

Ottoman–Hotaki War (1726–1727)

Ottoman army banner in the 1721 Hamse.svg Ottoman Empire

Treaty of Hamedan

Treaty of Hamedan

Battle of Damghan (1729)

Black flag.svg Hotak dynasty

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran

Safavid victory

Safavid victory

Battle of Khwar Pass
(1729)

Black flag.svg Hotak dynasty

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran

Safavid victory

Safavid victory

  • Ashraf's ambush failed
Battle of Murche-Khort
(1729)

Black flag.svg Hotak dynasty
Supported by:
Ottoman army banner in the 1721 Hamse.svg Ottoman Empire

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran

Safavid victory Safavid victory
Battle of Zarghan
(1730)

Black flag.svg Hotak dynasty
local Arab tribes

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran

Safavid victory
Herat campaign of 1730–1732
(1731-1732)

Sadozai Sultanate of Herat
Black flag.svg Hotak dynasty

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid Iran
Afghan loyalists

Safavid victory [3] [4] Safavid victory [5] [6]
Siege of Kandahar
(1737-1738)

Black flag.svg Hotak dynasty

Afsharid Imperial Standard (3 Stripes).svg Afsharid Persia

Afsharid victory Afsharid victory
Sadozai Sultanate of Herat (1716–1732)
Battle of Sangan
(1727)

Abdali Afghans
Sangani Rebels

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid loyalists

Safavid victory

Safavid victory

  • Nader Shah secures the Khaf and Qa'in regions for the Safavids
Herat Campaign of 1729

Flag placeholder.svg Abdali Pashtuns (Afghans)

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid loyalists

Safavid victory [7]

Safavid victory [8]

  • Herat becomes a vassal of the Safavids
Battle of Kafer Qal'eh
(1729)

Flag placeholder.svg Abdali Afghans

Safavid Flag.svg Safavid loyalists

Safavid victory [9]
Durrani Empire (1747–1823)

Indian campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani
(1748—1769)

Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Afghan Empire
Allied states:
Rampur flag.svg Rohilkhand
Flag of the State of Amb.svg Amb
Black flag.svg Sind
QalatFlag.svg Kalat
Flag of Awadh.svg Oudh
Flag of State of Bahawalpur.svg Bahawalpur
Coat of Arms of Malerkotla.gif Malerkotla
Flag of the State of Las Bela.svg Las Bela
Flag of the State of Kharan.svg Kharan
Solid green flag.png Pothohar
Solid green flag.png Dera Ghazi Khan
Flag of Makran (Princely State).svg Makran
Dogra Flag.png Jammu
Bangashflag.png Farrukhabad
Flag of State of Chitral.svg Chitral
Flag of the State of Dir 2.svg Dir
Flag of Karauli.svg Bhimber
Flag of the Princely State of Kangra.svg Kangra
Bilaspur flag.svg Kahlur
Drapeau Chamba.png Chamba
Flag of the Kumaon Kingdom.svg Kumaon
Flag of the Mankera State.png Mankera
Allied tribes and groups:
Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Durrani
Umbeyla Eusofzai tribal revolt.png Yusufzai
Marwatflag.png Marwat
Bangashflag.png Bangash
Banner of Safavid Qezelbash Special Forces.png Qizilbash
Afridi
Khattak
Gandapur
Kakar
Jadoon

Flag of the Mughal Empire.png Mughal Empire



Other states:
Flag of the Bharatpur Princely State (1880-c.1943).svg Bharatpur
Flag of Jaipur.svg Jaipur
Drapeau Bhopal.svg Bhopal
Mewar.svg Udaipur
Flag of the Princely State of Tehri Garhwal.svg Garhwal
Saffron flag.png Kashmir
Flag of Amarkot State.png Amarkot
State Flag of Junaghad.jpg Junagadh
Flag of the Kurwai Princely State.svg Kurwai
Cutch flag.svg Kutch
F1 white flag.svg Jhang

Durrani victory

Battle of Lahore (1748)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire

Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire

Durrani victory

Battle of Manupur
(1748)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire

Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire
Flag of Jaipur (c. 1699-1818).svg Kingdom of Jaipur
Malerkotla State

Mughal victory
Afghan–Sikh Wars
(1748–1837)

Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Durrani Empire (1747–1823)
Flag of Afghanistan (1880-1901).svg Emirate of Kabul (1823–1837)
Supported by:
FlagofKalat.svg Khanate of Kalat
Flag of the Mankera State.png Kingdom of Mankera
Principality of Qandahar
Peshawar Sardars

Sikh Akali flag.svg Dal Khalsa (1748–1765)
Kattar Dhal Talwar.jpg Sikh Confederacy (1765–1799)
Sikh Empire flag.svg Sikh Empire (1799–1837)

InconclusiveInconclusive

Battle of Lahore (1752)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire

Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire

Afghan victory
Sack of Delhi (1757)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire

Durrani victory

Durrani victory

Battle of Narela
(1757)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Confederacy

Durrani victory [12]

Battle of Narela
(1758-1761)

Afghan Empire Mughal Empire (nominal)

Afghan victory:

Afghan victory:

Battle of Taraori (1759)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Confederacy
Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg Mughal Empire

Durrani victory [13]
Battle of Barari Ghat
(1760)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire
Flag of the Rampur State.svg Kingdom of Rohilkhand

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Maratha Empire

Durrani-Rohilla victory
Battle of Sikandarabad
(1760)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire
Flag of the Rampur State.svg Kingdom of Rohilkhand

Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg Malharro Holkar

Durrani victory
Third Battle of Panipat
(1761)

Seal of Ahmad Shah Durrani.png Durrani Empire
Supported by:
Flag of the Rampur State.svg Kingdom of Rohilkhand
FlagofKalat.svg Khanate of Kalat
Flag of Awadh.svg Kingdom of Awadh
Flag of the State of Amb.svg Amb State
Flag of the Kumaon Kingdom.svg Kingdom of Kumaon
Black flag.svg Sind State
Mughal nobles

Durrani victory [15]

Durrani victory [15]

Battle of Nimla (1809)

Seal of Shah Shuja Ul Mulk of the Durrani empire and dynasty.jpg Durrani Empire

Coalition of Shah Mahmud

Mahmud Coalition victory

Mahmud Coalition victory

Battle of Kafir Qala
(1818)

Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Durrani Empire

War Flag of Fath Ali Shah.svg Qajar Iran

Inconclusive [16]
Emirate of Herat (1793–1863)
First Herat War
(1837–1838)

Flag of the Emirate of Herat.svg Emirate of Herat
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg East India Company


Supported by:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of the Emirate of Bukhara.svg Bukhara Emirate
Flag of the Khanate of Khiva.svg Khiva Khanate [17]

Mohammad Shah Qajar Flag.svg Qajar Iran


Supported by:
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire
Principality of Qandahār

Iranian withdrawal
Herat campaign (1862-1863)

Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Principality of Herat

Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg Emirate of Afghanistan
Jamshidi tribe
Supported by:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg East India Company

Afghan victory Afghan victory
Emirate of Kabul (1823-1855) Emirate of Afghanistan (1855-1926)
Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834)

Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg Emirate of Kabul

Amirs of Jalalabad
Kunar
Mohmand Tribe

Barakzai Afghan victory

Barakzai Afghan victory

Expedition of Shuja ul-Mulk
(1833-1834)

Barakzai
Principality of Kandahar
Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg Emirate of Kabul

Durranis
Seal of Shah Shuja Ul Mulk of the Durrani empire and dynasty.jpg Shah Shujah's forces
Supported by
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg East India Company
Sikh Empire flag.svg Sikh Empire [18]

Barakzai Afghan victory

Barakzai Afghan victory

  • Shah Shujah forced to retreat
First Anglo-Afghan War
(1838–1842)

Barakzais
Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg Emirate of Kabul
Principality of Kandahar
Flag of the Khanate of Kalat.png Khanate of Kalat
Khulm (August 1840, November 1841 onwards.)
Marri
Bugti
Afghan Tribes
Barakzai Loyalists

Durranis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
 Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg East India Company
Flag of Herat until 1842.svg Durrani Kingdom
Maimana Khanate
Khulm (August 1840 for mere days, September 1840–November 1841)
Sadozai loyalists
Supported By:
Sikh Empire flag.svg Sikh Empire

Barakzai Afghan victory
Khost rebellion (1856–1857) Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg Afghanistan Rebel tribes Government victoryRebellion suppressed
Second Anglo-Afghan War
(1878–1880)

Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg  Afghanistan

Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg Afzalids

Anglo-Afzalid victory

Anglo-Afzalid victory

Russian conquest of Central Asia
(1885)
Russian victory

Russian victory

Panjdeh incident
(1885 [a] )

Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire

Defeat
1888–1893 Hazara uprisings Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg Emirate of Afghanistan Hazara people Afghan victoryKilling and displacement of 60% of the Hazara people's population including 35,000 families that fled to northern Afghanistan, Mashhad (Qajar Iran) and Quetta [23]
Khost rebellion (1912)

Flag of Afghanistan (1901-1919).svg Emirate of Afghanistan

Rebel tribes

Government victory
Basmachi movement (1916–1930)

Flag of Russia.svg Russian Republic (1917)


In cooperation with:

Supported by:


Soviet-Afghan victory

Soviet-Afghan victory

Khost rebellion (1912)

Flag of Afghanistan (1901-1919).svg Emirate of Afghanistan

Rebel tribes

Government victory
Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919)

Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg  Afghanistan

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Inconclusive
Alizai rebellion of 1923 [note 1]

Emirate of Afghanistan

Alizai rebels

Government victory
Khost rebellion
(1924–c. early 1925)

Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg Emirate of Afghanistan

Allied tribes:

Rebel tribes

Afghan government victory

Afghan government victory

  • Execution of rebel leaders
  • Various reforms delayed
Saqqawist low-level insurgency (1924–1928) Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan (1929).svg Saqqawists Escalated into civil war
Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926)

Flag of Afghanistan (1919-1921).svg Emirate of Afghanistan (1925–1926)
Flag of Afghanistan (1926-1928).svg Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926)

Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1936).svg Soviet Union

Afghan victory

Afghan victory

  • The Soviet Union recognizes Urtatagai as Afghan territory
  • Afghanistan forced to restrain Basmachi border raids
Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973)
First Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Flag of Afghanistan (1928-1929).svg Kingdom of Afghanistan
Hazara volunteers [32]
Various anti-Saqqawist Pashtun tribes
Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1936).svg Soviet Union [33]
(See 1929 Red Army intervention in Afghanistan )
Supported by:
Bandera del Turquestan.svg Basmachi movement
(1929)
Shinwari tribesmen
(November–December 1928)
Anti-Saqqawist victory

Anti-Saqqawist victory

Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)

Flag of the Soviet Union (1924-1936).svg Soviet Union
Flag of Afghanistan (1928-1929).svg Kingdom of Afghanistan

Flag of Afghanistan (1929).svg Emirate of Afghanistan
Flag of Turkestan.svg Basmachi

Inconclusive [34]

Inconclusive [35]

  • The Red Army established control over Balkh Province, but withdrew to the USSR after the flight of King Amanullah Khan abroad.
Shinwari rebellion
(1930)
Flag of Afghanistan (1929-1931).svg Kingdom of Afghanistan Shinwari tribesmen Government victoryRebellion suppressed
Kuhistan rebellion
(1930)

Kingdom of Afghanistan

Saqqawist rebels

Government victory
Battle of Herat [36]

(1931)

Flag of Afghanistan (1929-1931).svg Kingdom of Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan (1929).svg Saqqawists Government victorySaqqawists wiped out
Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947

Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan
 Allied Nuristani and Shinwari tribesmen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
 British Raj Red Ensign.svg India

Rebel tribes:

Afghan government victory
1945 Hazara Rebellion
(1945–1946)

Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg Kingdom of Afghanistan

Hazara rebels

Rebellion failed [37]

Rebellion failed [38]

  • Hazara Rebels withdrawal from District
    • Hazara Rebel’s Demands met
  • Taxes revoked
Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
(1949–present)

Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg Flag of Afghanistan (1974-1978).svg Flag of Afghanistan (1980-1987).svg Flag of Afghanistan (1987-1992).svg Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg Afghanistan
Supported by:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (until 1991)

Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan [b]

Ongoing

Ongoing

  • Occasional clashes [39]
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978)
Panjshir Valley uprising
(1975 [40] )

Flag of Afghanistan (1974-1978).svg  Afghanistan

Afghan government victory

Afghan government victory

  • Uprising suppressed successfully
  • Jamiat-e Islami commanders flee to Pakistan [48]
  • End of the 1975 uprisings in Afghanistan
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987)
Saur Revolution
(1978)

Flag of Afghanistan (1974-1978).svg Republic of Afghanistan

Flag of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.svg People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

PDPA victoryPDPA victory
Soviet–Afghan War
(1979–1989)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of Afghanistan (1980-1987).svg  Afghanistan
Flag of the Afghan interim government-in-exile (1988-1992).svg Afghan mujahideen
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
DefeatAfghan 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) Flag of Afghanistan (1987-1992).svg Republic of Afghanistan
Supported by:

Foreign Mujahideen:


Various factions also fought among each other
Supported by:
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Afghan Interim Government victory
Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2001)
Third Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Flag of Afghanistan (1992-1996; 2001).svg Islamic State of Afghanistan

Supported by:
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (until Jan. 1994; from Aug. 1994)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (until Dec. 1992)

Flag of Taliban (original).svgFlag of Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin.svg Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until late 1994)

Flag of Afghanistan (1978-1980).svg Khalq (pro Gulbuddin factions, until late 1994) [16]
Supported by:
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan


Flag of Hezbe Wahdat.svg Hezb-i Wahdat (after Dec. 1992)


Flag of Afghanistan (1978).svg Junbish-i Milli (Jan. 1994-Aug. 1994)
Supported by:
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan


Regional Kandahar Militia Leaders


Afghan Military Flag 1987-1992.png Afghan Army and Airforce Remnants (allegedly, until October 1992)


Flag of Taliban (original).svg Taliban (from late 1994)
Flag of Afghanistan (1978-1980).svg Khalq (pro Taliban factions, from late 1994)
Flag of Jihad.svg Al-Qaeda (from early 1996)
Supported by:
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan

Military stalemate in Northern Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
Fourth Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) Flag of the Taliban.svg Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Flag of al-Qaeda.svg Al-Qaeda

Flag of Afghanistan (1992-2001).svg Islamic State of Afghanistan 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) Invasion (2001):Invasion (2001):American-led coalition victory (Phase 1)
ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021):
ISAF/RS phase (2001–2021):

RS phase (2015–2021):

Islamic State flag.svg ISIL–KP (from 2015) [88]
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (since 2015) [89]
Taliban victory (Phase 2)
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)
Islamic State–Taliban conflict
(2015–present)
Islamic State flag.svg Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (pro-IS factions) [92] [95]
Ongoing
  • Initial Taliban victories in the battles of Darzab and Nangarhar [96]
  • Collapse of the Islamic State stronghold in eastern Afghanistan in 2019 [97]
  • Taliban captures all of the former Islamic Republic territory in 2021
  • IS-KP regains strength in eastern Afghanistan following Taliban takeover [98]
  • IS-KP rebellion in eastern Afghanistan suppressed [99]
  • Continued IS-KP guerilla warfare and insurgent attacks, including cross-border attacks into Pakistan [99]
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
(2021–present)
Flag of the Taliban.svg Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Flag of al-Qaeda.svg al-Qaeda (alleged) [100]
Supported by:
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (until 2024; unconfirmed)
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg Islamic Republic of Afghanistan loyalists [note 2]

Supported by:
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan (alleged) [103] [104]
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (alleged, since 2024) [105] [106]


Independent militias
Taliban dissidents

Ongoing

Notes

  1. According to Survey of International Affairs, the rebellion started in summer 1923, [16] and according to An Intimate War: An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict, 1978–2012, the rebellion lasted 6 months. Since all sources agree that the rebellion took place in 1923, the earliest possible start date is 22 June (the date of summer solstice in Afghanistan in 1923 [27] ), while last possible start date is 1 July [28] (6 months after any later date would put the end date in 1924 [29] ).
  2. Though the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ceased to exist on 15 August 2021, many soldiers, officials and other loyalists relocated to Panjshir and rallied under its banner. These elements and exiled officials claimed to maintain the republic in some form, [101] with Amrullah Saleh styling himself "caretaker" president.
  3. Freedom Corps, Liberation Front of Afghanistan, Soldiers of Hazaristan, Freedom and Democracy Front, High Council of Resistance, Atta Mohammad Noor's militia, ect.
  1. The final agreement was signed only in July 1887

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