Wars in Afghanistan- wikipedia

1842 - Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for (reputedly) being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.

War in Afghanistan

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The terms Afghan War or War in Afghanistan may refer to:

• Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BCE – 327 BCE)
• Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (637–709)
• Conquest of Afghanistan by the Mongol Empire (13th century), see Mongol invasion of Central Asia
• The Mughal Empire's various campaigns against the Persians for control of Afghanistan
• The collapse of the Mughal Empire led the Durranis to counter Indian and Persian aggression
• Anglo-Afghan Wars (First British involvement with Afghanistan):
  • First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42)
  • Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–81)
  • Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
• Panjdeh Incident (1885)
• Reforms of Amānullāh Khān and civil war (1929), civil war occurred when Habibullāh Kalakāni briefly overthrew the government and became emir
• War in Afghanistan (1978–present) (sometimes known as "Second Afghan Civil War"):
  • Saur Revolution (1978), Communist insurrection
  • Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989), Soviet involvement
  • Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–92), collapse of the communist Najibullah government
  • Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96), leads to the Taliban controlling most of Afghanistan, with the Northern Alliance controlling northern Afghanistan
  • Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001), Taliban period
  • War in Afghanistan (2001–present), ISAF/NATO involvement

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