This is a list of wars involving Afghanistan.
| Conflict | Afghanistan and allies | Opponents | Results | Details | |
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| Hotaki dynasty (1709–1738) | |||||
| Battle of Gulnabad (1722) | Hotaki dynasty | Safavid Empire | Victory | ||
| Siege of Isfahan (1722) | Hotaki dynasty | Safavid Empire | Victory | Abdication of Sultan Husayn, Mahmud Hotak declared Shah of Iran | |
| Ottoman–Hotaki War (1726–1727) | Hotaki dynasty | Ottoman Empire | Treaty of Hamedan | ||
| Battle of Damghan (1729) | Hotaki dynasty | Safavid Empire | Defeat | ||
| Battle of Khwar Pass (1729) | Hotaki dynasty | Safavid Empire | Defeat | Failure of attempted Ambush on Safavid forces | |
| Battle of Murche-Khort (1729) | Hotaki dynasty | Safavid Empire | Defeat | Safavid liberation of Isfahan | |
| Battle of Zarghan (1730) | Hotaki dynasty | Safavid Empire | Defeat | Afghans Expulsed from Persia | |
| Herat Campaign of 1731 (1731-1732) | Hotaki dynasty | Afsharid dynasty | Defeat | End of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | |
| Siege of Kandahar (1737-1738) | Hotaki dynasty | Afsharid dynasty | Defeat | End of the Hotak Dynasty | |
| Sadozai Sultanate of Herat (1716–1732) | |||||
| Battle of Sangan (1727) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | Safavid Empire | Defeat | ||
| Herat Campaign of 1729 (1729) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | Safavid Empire | Defeat | ||
| Battle of Kafer Qal'eh (1729) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | Safavid Empire | Defeat | ||
| Herat Campaign of 1731 (1731-1732) | Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | Safavid Empire | Defeat | End of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat | |
| Durrani Empire (1747–1823) | |||||
| Battle of Lahore (1748) (1748) | Durrani Empire | Mughal Empire | Victory | ||
| Battle of Manupur (1748) | Durrani Empire | Mughal Empire | Defeat | ||
| Battle of Lahore (1752) | Durrani Empire | Mughal Empire | Victory | ||
| Durrani occupation of Delhi (1757) (1757) | Durrani Empire | Mughal Empire | Victory | ||
| Battle of Bharatpur (1757) | Durrani Empire | Kingdom of Bharatpur | Defeat | ||
| Battle of Narela (1757) | Durrani Empire | Defeat | |||
| Battle of Attock (1758) | Durrani Empire | Defeat | |||
| Capture of Peshawar (1758) (1758) | Durrani Empire | Defeat | |||
| Battle of Lahore (1759) | Durrani Empire | Defeat | |||
| Battle of Taraori (1759) (1759) | Durrani Empire | Mughal Empire | Victory | ||
| Battle of Barari Ghat (1760) | Durrani Empire Rohilla Afghans | Victory | |||
| Battle of Sikandarabad (1760) | Durrani Empire Rohilla Afghans | Victory | |||
| Samalkha (1760) (1760) | Durrani Empire | Victory | |||
| Meerut (1760) (1760) | Durrani Empire | Victory | |||
| Third Battle of Panipat (1761) | Durrani Empire | Victory | |||
| Battle of Nimla (1809) (1809) | Durrani Empire | Coalition of Shah Mahmud | Coalition victory | Mahmud Shah Durrani ascends the throne again in his second reign until his eventual deposition in 1818. | |
| Battle of Kafir Qala (1818) | Durrani Empire | Inconclusive | |||
| Afghan-Sikh Wars (1748-1819) | Durrani Empire | Sikh Empire | Rise and fall of the Afghans, rise of the Sikhs. | ||
| Emirate of Herat (1793–1863) | |||||
| Siege of Herat (1837–1838) | Emirate of Herat | Victory | |||
| Herat campaign (1862-1863) (1862–1863) | Emirate of Herat | Emirate of Afghanistan | Defeat | Afghanistan annexes the Emirate of Herat. | |
| Emirate of Kabul (1823-1855) Emirate of Afghanistan (1855-1926) | |||||
| Afghan–Sikh Wars (1819-1837) | Emirate of Kabul | Sikh Empire | Inconclusive | ||
| Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834) (1834) | Emirate of Kabul | Amirs of Jalalabad Kunar Mohmand tribe | Victory | ||
| Expedition of Shuja ul-Mulk (1834) | Principality of Qandahar Emirate of Kabul | Shah Shuja's forces East India Company Sikh Empire | Victory | ||
| First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842) | Emirate of Kabul |  British Empire
| Victory |
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| Khost rebellion (1856–1857) (1856–1857) | Afghanistan | Rebel tribes
| Government victory | Rebellion suppressed | |
| Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) | Afghanistan | British Empire | Defeat |
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| Panjdeh incident (1885) | Afghanistan | Russian Empire | Defeat |
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| 1888–1893 Hazara uprisings (1888–1893) | Emirate of Afghanistan | Hazara people | Afghan victory | Killing and displacement of 60% of the Hazara people's population including 35,000 families that fled to northern Afghanistan, Mashhad (Qajar Iran) and Quetta[1] | |
| Khost rebellion (1912) (1912) | Rebel tribes | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) |  Afghanistan | British Empire | Inconclusive |
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| Alizai rebellion of 1923 (1923) | Afghanistan | Rebel tribes | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed | |
| Khost rebellion (1924–1925) | Afghanistan | Mangal, Sulaiman Khel and Ali Khel tribesmen | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed | |
| Saqqawist low-level insurgency (1924–1928) | Afghanistan | Saqqawists | Escalated into civil war | ||
| Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926) | Afghanistan | Peace treaty |
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| Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973) | |||||
| First Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) | Amānullāh Khān (Until 14 January 1929)---- Inayatullah Khan (14-17 January 1929)---- Ali Ahmad Khan (17 January – 9 February 1929)----Various anti-Saqqawist tribes
---- Mohammed Nādir Khān (March–October 1929)----Intervening against Basmachi: | Shinwari tribesmen (14 November–December 1928)---- Saqqawists (late November 1928 onwards) In cooperation with: Basmachi (1929) | Anti-Saqqawist victory, Double regime change |
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| Shinwari rebellion (1930) | Kingdom of Afghanistan | Shinwari tribesmen | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed | |
| Kuhistan rebellion (1930) | Kingdom of Afghanistan | Saqqawists | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed | |
| Battle of Herat[3] (1931) | Kingdom of Afghanistan | Saqqawists | Government victory | Saqqawists wiped out | |
| Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 (1944–1947) | Kingdom of Afghanistan | Rebel tribes: | Government victory | Rebellions suppressed | |
| 1945 Hazara Rebellion (1945–1946) | Hazara rebels under Ebrāhim Beg | Government victory | Rebellion suppressed | ||
| Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987) | |||||
| Saur Revolution (1978) | People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan | Defeat | PDPA victory | ||
| Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) | Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | Mujahideen | Defeat |
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| Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992) | |||||
| Second Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) (1989–1992) | Republic of Afghanistan | Mujahideen | Mujahideen victory |
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| Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2001) | |||||
| Third Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) (1992–1996) | Islamic State of Afghanistan | Taliban Al-Qaeda | Regime change |
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| Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) | |||||
| Fourth Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) (1996–2001) | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
| Islamic State of Afghanistan
| Stalemate |
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| Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001–2021) | |||||
| War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (2001–2021) | Al-Qaeda 055 Brigade Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan East Turkistan Islamic Party Tanzeem-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi |  United States United Kingdom Canada AustraliaNorthern Alliance | Defeat (Phase 1) |
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| Taliban
Fidai Mahaz Mullah Dadullah Front | Taliban victory (Phase 2) |
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| Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present) | |||||
| Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2014–present) | Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda (denied)
(allegedly)
(allegedly) (allegedly) | Islamic State (allegedly) | Ongoing | ||
| Republican insurgency in Afghanistan (2021–present) | Afghanistan
| Ongoing | |||
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