List of wars involving Afghanistan

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This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.

Conflict	Afghanistan and allies	Opponents	Results
Durrani Empire (1747–1823)
Third Battle of Panipat (1761)	Durrani Empire	Maratha Empire	Victory Maratha retreat back to the Deccan. Mughal Empire restored back to Shah Alam II.
Battle of Attock (1813)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Sikh rule in the Attock District.
Battle of Multan (1818)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Ended Durrani influence in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. Sikh rule in Peshawar.
Battle of Shopian (1819)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Kashmir annexed into the Sikh Empire.
Battle of Nowshera (1823)	Durrani Empire	Sikh Empire	Defeat Recapture of Peshawar by the Sikhs. Sikh rule in the Khyber Pass.
Emirate of Afghanistan (1823–1926)
Battle of Jamrud (1837)	25px Afghanistan	Sikh Empire	Victory Afghanistan occupies Jamrud Fort.
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)	25px Afghanistan	British Empire East India Company	Defeat British Indian withdrawal after abandoning its war objective. Dost Mohammad Khan retains the Afghan throne.
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880)	25px Afghanistan	British Empire India	Defeat British Indian withdrawal after achieving the desired political goals through the Treaty of Gandamak. Afghanistan's tribal frontier areas annexed to India. Afghanistan becomes a British Protectorate.
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)	Afghanistan	British Empire India	Defeat British tactical victory. Treaty of Rawalpindi. Afghan independence with full sovereignty in foreign affairs. Reaffirmation of the Durand Line.
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)
Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989)	Soviet Union D.R. Afghanistan	Mujahideen	Soviet Withdrawal Geneva Accords. Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan Afghan Civil War continues
Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992)	D.R. Afghanistan	Mujahideen	Regime change Mujahideen victory. Establishment of the Islamic State of Afghanistan led by Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2001)
Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996)	Islamic State of Afghanistan	Taliban Al Qaeda	Regime change Taliban enter Kabul, and establish the largely unrecognized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)	United Front (Islamic State of Afghanistan)	Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) Al-Qaeda Pakistan	Stalemate Stalemate with varying fronts between the Taliban and Massoud's forces (United Front).
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)	Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) Al-Qaeda Pakistan	United Front (Islamic State of Afghanistan)	Stalemate Stalemate with varying fronts between the Taliban and Massoud's forces (United Front).
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–Present)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)	ISAF United States United Kingdom Germany Italy Georgia Poland Romania Turkey Australia Afghanistan	Taliban Al-Qaeda	American-led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda militant training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan Commencement of war's 2015–present phase Taliban insurgency.