country, 83 engagements

Battles in Afghanistan

83 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day Afghanistan: 43 battles, 34 sieges and 6 campaigns between 543 BC and 1989. The wars with most engagements here: Soviet-Afghan War (14), Mongol invasions and conquests (6), Second Anglo-Afghan War (6), Mughal–Persian Wars (5).

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83 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by century

82 dated engagements, one bar per century, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 12 with pages

Contested ground 4

Herat 7 engagements
Kandahar 5 engagements
Balkh 4 engagements
Kabul 4 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
543 BC	Siege of Kâpîssâ	Kapisa Province
208 BC	Siege of Bactra	Bactres	Seleucid–Parthian Wars
169 BC	Siege of Eucratideia	Eucratideia
AD 399	Battle of the Oxus	Amu Darya
AD 484	Hephthalite–Sasanian War of 484	Herat	Hephthalite–Sasanian Wars
AD 589	Battle of Herat	Herat	Perso-Turkic war of 588–589
11 September AD 615	Siege of Yen-Men Fortress	Central Asia
AD 651	Battle of Oxus River	Amu Darya	Muslim conquest of Khorasan
AD 652	Siege of Herat	Herat	Muslim conquest of Khorasan
AD 654	Battle of Badghis	Badghis Province	Muslim conquest of Khorasan
AD 737	Battle of the Baggage	Amu Darya	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 737	Battle of Kharistan	Maymana	Muslim conquest of Transoxiana
AD 900	Battle of Balkh	Balkh
AD 998	Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni
1117	Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni	Seljuk–Ghaznavid Wars
1148	Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni
1151	Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni
1204	Battle of Andkhud	Andkhoy
1221	Battle of Parwan	Parwan Province	Mongol invasions and conquests
1221	Battle of Waliyan
1221	Siege of Taliqan	Taloqan	Mongol invasions and conquests
1221	Siege of Herat	Herat	Mongol invasions and conquests
1221	Sack of Balkh	Balkh	Mongol invasions and conquests
June 1221	Siege of Bamyan	Bamyan	Mongol invasions and conquests
1222	Siege of Ghazni	Ghazni	Mongol invasions and conquests
1270	Battle of Herat	Ghurian	Kaidu–Kublai War
1370	Siege of Balkh	Balkh	Timurid conquests and invasions
1381	Siege of Herat	Herat	Timurid conquests and invasions
1447	Siege of Balkh	Balkh	Timurid Wars of Succession
1448	Battle of Tarnab	Herat	Timurid Wars of Succession
1448	Siege of Herat	Herat	Timurid Wars of Succession
1460	Battle of Ghwarah Marghah	Kabul
1504	Siege of Kabul	Kabul
1505	Battle of Qalat-i-Ghilzai	Qalat
1511	Battle of Ab Darrah Pass	Panjshir Valley
1598	Battle of Herat	Herat
1601	Ghazni skirmish	Ghazni
1602	Battle of Balkh	Balkh
November 1605	Siege of Kandahar	Kandahar	Mughal–Persian Wars
20 May 1622	Siege of Kandahar	Kandahar	Mughal–Safavid War
February 1638	Fall of Kandahar	Kandahar	Mughal–Safavid War
July 1638	Siege of Bost	Lashkar Gah	Mughal–Safavid War
1648	Siege of Kandahar	Kandahar	Mughal–Persian Wars
1720	Campaigns of Nader Shah	Mesopotamia	Mughal–Persian Wars
1729	Battle of Herat	Herat	Campaigns of Nader Shah
April 1737	Siege of Kandahar	Old Kandahar	Campaigns of Nader Shah
1738	Battle of Khyber Pass	Khyber Pass	Mughal–Persian Wars
1740	Nader's Sindh Expedition	Hindu Kush	Mughal–Persian Wars
1749	Siege of Herat	Herat
1818	Battle of Kafir Qala	Islam Qala
1833	Siege of Herat	Herat
13 November 1837	First Herat War	Herat	Great Game
1839	Battle of Ghazni	Ghazni	First Anglo-Afghan War
May 1840	Siege of Kahun	Kahun Fort
12 November 1841	Battle of Jellalabad	Jalalabad	First Anglo-Afghan War
1842	1842 retreat from Kabul	Jalalabad–Kabul Road	First Anglo-Afghan War
1842	Battle of Kabul	Kabul	First Anglo-Afghan War
1856	Second Herat War	Herat
3 September 1879	Siege of the British Residency in Kabul	Kabul	Second Anglo-Afghan War
6 October 1879	Battle of Charasiab	Char Asiab	Second Anglo-Afghan War
15 December 1879	Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment	Kabul	Second Anglo-Afghan War
25 April 1880	Second Battle of Charasiab	Char Asiab	Second Anglo-Afghan War
27 July 1880	Battle of Maiwand	Maiwand	Second Anglo-Afghan War
1 September 1880	Battle of Kandahar	Kandahar	Second Anglo-Afghan War
1893	Battles of Uruzgan	Uruzgan Province	Persecution of Hazara people
14 November 1928	Siege of Jalalabad	Jalalabad	Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)
August 1945	Siege of Kunar Khas	Eastern Province, Afghanistan	Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947
1979	Operation Baikal-79	Kabul	Soviet-Afghan War
1979	Tajbeg Palace assault	Tajbeg Palace	Soviet-Afghan War
January 1980	Siege of Khost	Khost	Soviet-Afghan War
1980	Panjshir offensives	Panjshir Valley	Soviet-Afghan War
1983	Marmoul offensives	Balkh Province	Soviet-Afghan War
August 1983	Siege of Urgun	Urgun	Soviet-Afghan War
1984	Operation Curtain	Afghanistan–Iran border	Soviet-Afghan War
22 April 1985	Battle of Maravar Pass	Kunar Province	Soviet-Afghan War
22 November 1985	Battle near the village of Afridge		Soviet-Afghan War
1987	Battle of Jaji	Paktia Province	Soviet-Afghan War
1987	Battle of Arghandab	Arghandab District	Soviet-Afghan War
1987	Operation Magistral	Paktia Province	Soviet-Afghan War
7 January 1988	Battle for Hill 3234	Paktia Province	Soviet-Afghan War
1988	Operation Arrow	Laghman Province	Soviet-Afghan War
1989	Battle of Jalalabad	Jalalabad	Afghan Civil War
date unknown	Mughal Sieges of Kandahar	Kandahar	Mughal–Safavid War

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.