War in Afghanistan-Cedar Herald Index

War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC) Muslim conquests of Afghanistan (637–709) Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see also Mongol invasion of Central Asia (1216–1222) Mughal conquests in Afghanistan (1526) Afghan Civil War (1863–1869), a civil war between Sher Ali Khan and Mohammad Afzal Khan's faction after the death of Dost Mohammad Khan Anglo−Afghan Wars (first involvement of the British Empire in Afghanistan via the British Raj) First Anglo−Afghan War (1839–1842) Second Anglo−Afghan War (1878–1880) Third Anglo−Afghan War (1919) Panjdeh incident (1885), first major incursion into Afghanistan by the Russian Empire during the Great Game (1830–1907) with the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), revolts by the Shinwari and the Saqqawists, the latter of whom managed to take over Kabul for a 9-month period Soviet invasions: Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929) Afghan conflict Saur Revolution (1978), communist insurrection against the Republic of Afghanistan government by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989), war between the Afghan mujahideen rebels and the invading forces of the Soviet Union and its puppet DPR regime Afghan Civil War (1989–1992), collapse of the Mohammad Najibullah regime Afghan Civil War (1992–1996), expansion of the Taliban militancy across most of Afghanistan and establishment of the Taliban-ruled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 1996 Afghan Civil War (1996–2001), lead-up to the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan, during which the Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan, with the Northern Alliance controlling northern Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), multiple stages: United States invasion of Afghanistan against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in 2001 Combatting the Taliban insurgency with the International Security Assistance Force (a coalition of NATO member states) from 2001 to 2014 Resolute Support Mission phase consisting of anti-insurgency operations against the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State from 2014 to 2021 2021 Taliban offensive, Taliban conquest and fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present) Republican insurgency in Afghanistan (2021–present), a conflict between ruling Taliban militias and rebels