War in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan, or Afghan war, may refer to:

• Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC)
• Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (637–709)
• Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see Mongol invasion of Central Asia
• The Mughal Empire's various campaigns against the Persians for control of Afghanistan
• The collapse of the Mughal Empire led the Durranis to counter Indian and Persian aggression
• Anglo-Afghan Wars (First British involvement with Afghanistan):
  • First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42)
  • Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–81)
  • Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
• Panjdeh incident (1885)
• Reforms of Amānullāh Khān and civil war (1929), civil war occurred when Habibullāh Kalakāni briefly overthrew the government and became emir
• War in Afghanistan (1978–present) (sometimes known as "Second Afghan Civil War"):
  • Saur Revolution (1978), Communist insurrection
  • Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989), Soviet involvement
  • Afghan Civil War (1989–92), collapse of the communist Najibullah government
  • Afghan Civil War (1992–96), leads to the Taliban controlling most of Afghanistan, with the Northern Alliance controlling northern Afghanistan
  • Afghan Civil War (1996–2001), Taliban period
  • War in Afghanistan (2001–present)