Afghanistan Wars (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.

• First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842): British invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, partly to extend the British Raj and also to counter Russian influence in the country. ^[e]
• Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880): British invasion of Afghanistan to counter Russian influence there. ^[e]
• Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919): Conflict which arose after Afghanistan declared its independence from British influence. ^[e]
•  Afghanistan War (1978–1992): A civil war in Afghanistan that matched the Soviet Union and its Afghan allies against a coalition of anti-Communist groups called the mujahideen, supported from the outside by the United States, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. ^[e]
•  Afghanistan War (2001-2021): Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9/11 attack, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces ^[e]