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