Afghanistan

3 wars

Wars fought on the land of today's Afghanistan or by its peoples.

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Wars

Second Anglo-Sikh War Soviet–Afghan War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

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War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
East India Company forces, British Army regiments and their allies
East India Company forces, British Army regiments, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Bengal army, Pashtun irregulars raised by Herbert Edwardes, and Bahawalpur, under its Nawab
against
The Sikh Empire's army (the Khalsa) and Afghan allies
Mulraj's forces at Multan, a province of the Sikh Empire, Khalsa regiments of the Sikh Empire under Sher Singh and Chattar Singh Attariwalla, and Afghan horsemen sent by Dost Mohammad Khan of Kabul
The Sikh army surrendered in March 1849, and on 29 March the East India Company annexed the Punjab and deposed Maharaja Duleep Singh.
War
Soviet–Afghan War
Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Soviet Union and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (PDPA government)
against
Afghan mujahideen and their backers
Afghan mujahideen, Pakistan (supporting), United States (supporting), Saudi Arabia (supporting), China (supporting), United Kingdom (supporting), Iran (supporting), and Egypt (supporting)
The Soviet Union withdrew all its troops by 15 February 1989 without defeating the mujahideen; the war between the Afghan government and the mujahideen went on.
War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
US-led coalition and the Afghan government
United States, United Kingdom, Northern Alliance (2001), and Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (from 2001, under its interim names until 2004)
against
The Taliban and al-Qaeda
Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) and Al-Qaeda
The Taliban took Kabul on 15 August 2021 and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan fell; the last US and allied troops left on 30 August.