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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 ...
The Territories of the People's Republic of China. London: Europa Productions, Taylor & Francis. 1-85743-149-9. China. Encyclopædia Britannica. Economic Times Bureau. (December 20, 2009). "Wars that People's Republic of China fought". The Economic Times. Jun, Niu. (August 10, 2012). The birth of the People's Republic of China and the road to ...
November 25: Northern Alliance gained control of Kunduz, the last Taliban stronghold in Northern Afghanistan, but only after Pakistani aircraft rescue several thousand Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters and their military advisers. [79] [80] The Taliban then controlled less than 25% of the country, mainly around Kandahar in the south.
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 ...
United States invasion of Afghanistan (18 P) W. War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) (14 C, 56 P) Pages in category "Invasions of Afghanistan"
Withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan; Afghan Civil War continues; Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992) Second Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) (1989–1992) Republic of Afghanistan ' Mujahideen: Mujahideen victory: Regime change; Establishment of the Islamic State of Afghanistan led by Burhanuddin Rabbani; Islamic State of Afghanistan ...
List of wars involving the Central African Republic; List of wars involving Chile; List of wars involving the People's Republic of China; List of wars involving Colombia; List of wars involving Comoros; List of wars involving the Democratic Republic of the Congo; List of wars involving the Republic of the Congo; List of wars involving Costa Rica
The Sino-Indian War between China and India occurred in October–November 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main cause of the war. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama.