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February 1: The Afghanistan Compact is developed, establishing a framework of international cooperation with Afghanistan. March 29: Battle of Lashkagar. Taliban fighters attack a NATO base. May 15: Operation Mountain Thrust is launched, the largest offensive since the fall of the Taliban.
Part of the Cold War (1978–1992), the Afghanistan–Pakistan border conflicts, the Global War on Terrorism (2001–present), the India–Pakistan and Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflicts, and the war on drugs: Development of the Afghan Civil War from the Peshawar Accord in April 1992 to the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001
The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by al-Qaeda , toppling the Taliban -ruled Islamic Emirate and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later.
Iran–PJAK Conflict (2004–present) Iran Turkey: PJAK: Ongoing: PJAK withdraws from Iranian territory Afghanistan–Iran border skirmishes (2007–2023) 2009 Afghanistan–Iran clash; 2021 Afghanistan–Iran clashes; 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash; part of Afghan conflict Iran Afghanistan: Stalemate: Status quo ante bellum: Syrian Civil War ...
Escalated into civil war: Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926) Afghanistan Soviet Union: Peace treaty: Afghanistan is obligated to restrain Basmachi border raids; Soviet Union captures, then cedes back Urtatagai; Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973) First Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Amānullāh Khān (Until 14 January 1929)
Second Anglo-Afghan War: Afghanistan refused a British diplomatic mission, provoking a second Anglo-Afghan war. 1879: May: Second Anglo-Afghan War: To prevent British occupation of a large part of the country, the Afghan government ceded much power to the United Kingdom in the Treaty of Gandamak. 1880: 22 July
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan. Part of the Afghanistan conflict (1978–present) Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: National Resistance Front of Afghanistan: 2021 2021 2021 Afghanistan–Iran clashes: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Iran: 2022 Ongoing Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict. Part of the Terrorism in Bangladesh
Relations between Iran, a primarily Shiite country, and the Taliban, dominated by Sunni fundamentalists, have historically been highly volatile. [15] During the Taliban's rule of Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, 10 Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist from the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif were executed, in an incident condemned by the Taliban.