War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to:Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great, the conquest of Afghanistan by the Macedonian Empire
Muslim conquests of Afghanistan, a series of campaigns in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th centuries
Mongol campaigns in Central Asia (1216–1222), the conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire
Mughal conquests in Afghanistan (1526), the conquest by the Mughal Empire
Afghan-Sikh Wars (1748–1837), intermittent wars between the Afghans and the Punjabis.
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
Panjdeh incident (1885), an incursion into Afghanistan by the Russian Empire during the era of the "Great Game"
Anglo−Afghan Wars, wars conducted by British India in Afghanistan 1839–1919)
First Anglo−Afghan War (1839–1842)
Second Anglo−Afghan War (1878–1880)
Third Anglo−Afghan War (1919)
Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), revolts by the Shinwari and the Saqqawists; the Saqqawists take over Kabul for a 9-month period
Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929), an invasion by the Soviet Union against the Saqqawists in support of the royalists
Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes (1947–present)
Bajaur Campaign (1960–1961)
Afghan conflict
1973 Afghan coup d'état
1975 Panjshir Valley uprising
Afghan coup d'état (1976)
Saur Revolution (1978)
Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989)
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Taliban insurgency
Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–present)
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan (2021–present)
Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes (1947–present)
Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes (2024–present)
2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war