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Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. [1] [2] Some of the invaders in the history of Afghanistan include the Maurya Empire, the ancient Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great, the Rashidun Caliphate, the Mongol Empire led by Genghis Khan, the Timurid Empire of Timur, the Mughal Empire, various Persian Empires, the Sikh Empire, the ...
October 19: Airborne invasion into Afghanistan by Rangers of the Third Ranger Battalion, Seventy Fifth Ranger Regiment and others seizing a Qandahar airfield named Objective Rhino. October 26: Afghan mujahedeen commander Abdul Haq killed by the Taliban. [76] [77] November 6: Zari, Keshendeh and Aq-Kupruk fall to the Northern Alliance [78]
Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) Panjshir Valley uprising (1975) Republic of Afghanistan: Jamiat-e-Islami: Victory: Uprising suppressed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1987) Saur Revolution (1978) Republic of Afghanistan: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan: Defeat: PDPA victory Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) Soviet Union
An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to ...
This is a list of known code names and related information for military operations associated with the war, including operations to airlift citizens of coalition countries and at-risk Afghan civilians from Afghanistan as the war drew to a close.
United States invasion of Afghanistan (18 P) A. Airstrikes during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (23 P) B. Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (4 C ...
Pages in category "Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
While more than 5.7 million former refugees returned to Afghanistan after the 2001 invasion, [91] by the time the Taliban returned to power in 2021, 2.6 million Afghans remained refugees, [92] while another 4 million were internally displaced. [93] [94]