This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Durrani unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747 and since then this state, in some form or other, has continued to exist.
Map of Afghanistan courtesy of CIA World Factbook
Afghan-Persian War 1816
Afghan Rebellion 1818-1826
Afghan-Sikh War 1836
Afghan-Persian War 1836-38
First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-42
Afghan Civil War 1850-55
Persian Invasion of Afghanistan 1856-7
Afghan Civil War 1863-79
Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80
Russo-Afghan War of 1885
Assassination of Habibullah Khan 1919
Third Anglo-Afghan War 1919
Afghan Civil War 1928-29
Afghan Civil War 1928-29
Pakhtunistan Crisis 1955-57
Pakhtunistan Crisis 1961-63
Afghan Republican Coup 1973
Afghan Marxist Coup 1978
US Ambassador: Afghanistan 1979
Amin's Coup: Afghanistan 1979
Soviet Occupation: Afghanistan 1979-88
Afghan Civil War 1988-2001
War in Afghanistan 2001-present
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