War in Afghanistan

The terms Afghan War or War in Afghanistan may refer to:

  • Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BCE–327 BCE)
  • Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (637–709)
  • Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see Mongol invasion of Central Asia
  • A number of wars involving the Mughal Empire and Durrani Empires.
  • Anglo-Afghan Wars (First British involvement with Afghanistan):
    • First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842)
    • Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1881)
  • Panjdeh Incident (1885)
    • Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
  • Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war, 1929 civil war when Habibullah Ghazi briefly overthrew the government and became emir
  • War in Afghanistan (1978–present):
    • Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989) – Soviet involvement
    • Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) – Government collapse
    • Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) – Civil war
    • Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) – Taliban period
    • War in Afghanistan (2001–present) – ISAF/NATO involvement

Famous quotes containing the words war in and/or war:

    “My topic for Army reunions ... this summer: How to prepare for war in time of peace. Not by fortifications, by navies, or by standing armies. But by policies which will add to the happiness and the comfort of all our people and which will tend to the distribution of intelligence [and] wealth equally among all. Our strength is a contented and intelligent community.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “[Veterans] feel disappointed, not about the 1914-1918 war but about this war. They liked that war, it was a nice war, a real war a regular war, a commenced war and an ended war. It was a war, and veterans like a war to be a war. They do.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)