Portal:Afghanistan/Topics

Leaders

British Empire	William Hay Macnaghten John Keane Willoughby Cotton George Pollock William Elphinstone Sam Browne Frederick Roberts Donald Stewart Arthur Barrett Reginald Dyer
Afghanistan	Amir Dost Mohammad Khan Wazir Akbar Khan Amir Sher Ali Khan Ghazi Ayub Khan Amanullah Khan Mohammed Nadir Shah

Events

First War	Battle of Ghazni Siege of Kahun Battle of Jellalabad Retreat from Kabul Battle of Kabul
Second War	Battle of Ali Masjid Battle of Peiwar Kotal Siege of the British Residency in Kabul Battle of Charasiab Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment Battle of Ahmed Khel Second Battle of Charasiab Battle of Maiwand Battle of Kandahar
Third War	Third Anglo-Afghan War

v t e Cinema of Afghanistan
Films by year Actors Afghan Academy Award submissions for Best Foreign Language Film Afghan Film

v t e Afghan clothing
Clothes	Burqa Chapan Karakul (hat) Khet partug Pakol Pashtun clothing Perahan tunban Firaq partug Taqiyah (cap)
Stitching and design	Balochi needlework Zardozi
Category:Afghan clothing

v t e Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan
Afghan-India Friendship Dam Band-e Amir Band-e Sultan Chak-e Wardak Dam Dahla Dam Darunta Dam Kajaki Dam Kamal Khan Dam Grishk Dam Naghlu Dam Qargha Reservoir Sardeh Band Dam Shahtoot Dam Shah wa Arus Dam Tori Dam		Afghanistan portal

v t e Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
History	Timeline 1978: Saur Revolution 1979: Herat uprising Soviet control and deployment Assassination of Amin 1981: PIA hijacking 1982: Salang Tunnel fire 1983–84: Siege of Urgun 1985: Afghan Airlines shootdown 1986: Battles of Zhawar 1987: Battle of Arghandab National Reconciliation 1988: Battle for Hill 3234 Parliamentary election Geneva Accords Operation Arrow 1989: Soviet withdrawal 1990–1992: Civil War: 1989–1992 Siege of Khost	Afghanistan portal Communism portal
Politics	Council of Ministers Central Committee Democratic Youth Organisation Constitution Government National Front People's Democratic Party Factions: Parcham Kar Khalq Settam-e-Melli Politburo Heads of state Heads of government Revolutionary Council Democratic Women's Organisation of Afghanistan Women's Council	Afghanistan portal Communism portal
Category WikiProject

Afghan diaspora

Asia

Central	Tajikistan Turkmenistan
South	India Baloch Pashtun Pakistan Tajiks Turkmen Uzbeks Sri Lanka
West	Iran Qatar Turkey United Arab Emirates Baloch

Europe

Americas

North	Canada (Pashtun) United States Baloch Pashtun
South	Brazil

Oceania

See also

v t e Durrani dynasty (1747–1842)
Rulers	Ahmad Shah Durrani Timur Shah Durrani Zaman Shah Durrani Mahmud Shah Durrani Shuja Shah Durrani Ali Shah Durrani Ayub Shah Durrani Kamran Shah Durrani Mohammad Yusuf Durrani	Afghanistan portal
Events	Maratha conquest of North-west India Third battle of Panipat
Adversaries	Sadashivrao Bhau Ranjit Singh Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Mohammad Shah Qajar Dost Mohammad Khan

v t e Ethnic groups in Afghanistan
Ethnic groups	Aimaq Arabs Baloch Brahui Dalak Dom Gurjars Jat Kho Moghol Nuristanis Pamiris Pashayi Pashtuns Punjabis Tajiks Turkic Hazaras Kyrgyz Qizilbash Turkmens Uzbeks Wakhi
Foreign nationals	Armenians Indians Pakistanis Russians
Afghanistan portal

v t e International schools in Afghanistan
Kabul	CEFA (Lycée Esteqlal and Lycée Malalaï) Amani High School Kabul Afghan Turk High Schools (Boys and Girls) International School of Kabul (CLOSED)	Afghanistan portal
Herat	Herat Afghan Turk High Schools (Boys and Girls)
Kandahar	Kandahar Afghan Turk High Schools (Boys and Girls)
Mazar-i-Sharif	Mazar-i-Sharif Afghan Turk High Schools (Boys and Girls)
Sheberghan	Sheberghan Afghan Turk High Schools (Boys)

v t e Languages of Afghanistan
Official languages	Dari Pashto	Afghanistan portal
Regional languages	Balochi Nuristani (language family) Pashayi Tajiki Turkmen Uzbek
Minority languages	Ashkun Brahui Katë Khowar Kyrgyz Moghol Pamiri Ishkashimi Munji Shughni Yidgha Prasun Tregami Waigali Wakhi Zemiaki
Sign languages	Afghan Sign Language

v t e Mosques in Afghanistan
	Abdul Rahman Mosque Blue Mosque Great Mosque of Herat Green Mosque of Balkh Haji Piyada (Noh Gonbad) Id Gah Mosque Khost Mosque Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine Lashkargah Mosque Mosque of the Cloak of the Prophet Mohammed Mosque of the Hair of the Prophet Omar Al-Farooq Mosque Pul-e Khishti Mosque Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque Sakhi Shrine		Afghanistan portal
Category Islam in Afghanistan Mosques by country

v t e National sports teams of Afghanistan
Badminton Bandy Baseball Basketball M W 3x3 Beach soccer Cricket M W U19 Field hockey Football M U23 U20 U17 W Futsal Handball M W Rugby sevens Volleyball M W
Olympics Paralympics Deaflympics Asian Games

Prisons in Afghanistan

Afghan

USA black sites

Confirmed	Salt Pit Black jail
Alleged	Dark Prison (Kabul) Rish Khor

v t e Provinces of Afghanistan
Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamyan Daykundi Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghor Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kandahar Kapisa Khost Kunar Kunduz Laghman Logar Maidan Wardak Nangarhar Nimruz Nuristan Paktia Paktika Panjshir Parwan Samangan Sar-e Pol Takhar Uruzgan Zabul		Afghanistan portal

v t e Afghan Armed Forces
Command and control	Chief of General Staff
Service branches	Afghan Army Afghan Air Force
Corps	313 Central 201 Khalid Ibn Walid 203 Mansoori 205 Al-Badr 207 Al-Farooq 209 Al-Fatah 215 Azam 217 Omari
Special forces	Badri 313 Red Unit Lashkar-e-Mansoori 3rd Infantry Brigade Commandos Yarmouk 60 Special Forces Battalion Victorious Force Unit Panipat
Related topics	Equipment Military history of Afghanistan Military ranks of Afghanistan

v t e Television stations in Afghanistan
1TV Afghan Music Channel (AMC) Afghan TV Afghanistan International Afghanistan National Television (RTA) Arezo TV ARIA TV Ariana Afghanistan Ariana Television Network (ATN) (Ariana News) Barya TV Eslah TV Lemar Maiwand TV Noor Television Rah-e-Farda RTA Herat RTA Sport Saba TV Network Sharq Shamshad Solh TV Tamadon TOLO (TOLOnews) Watan HD Zan TV Zhwandoon TV Defunct ANAAR TV Ayna TV Khurshid Noorin TV		Afghanistan portal

v t e Universities in Afghanistan
Public	Al-Beroni Badakhshan Badghis Baghlan Balkh Bamiyan Farah Faryab Ghazni Ghor Helmand Herat Jowzjan Kabul Kabul Education Kabul Medical Kabul Polytechnic Kandahar Kapisa Kunduz Laghman Logar University Nangarhar National Military Academy Paktia Parwan Samangan Shaikh Zayed University Syed Jamaluddin Afghan Takhar Uruzgan	Afghanistan portal
Private	American Ariana Bakhtar Bost Dawat Hara Kaboora Kardan Karwan Khurasan Pamir Rana Salam Spinghar	Afghanistan portal

v t e Years in Afghanistan (1528–present)
16th century	1528	Afghanistan portal
18th century	1729 1738
19th century	1823 1826 1834 1839 1840 1841 1842 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Soviet–Afghan War

Part of the Afghan conflict and the Cold War

Belligerents

Alliance	Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Mujahideen	Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin Maktab al-Khidamat Hezb-e Islami Khalis Hezb-e Wahdat Ittehad i-Islami

Leaders

Alliance	Leonid Brezhnev Yuri Andropov Konstantin Chernenko Mikhail Gorbachev Babrak Karmal Mohammad Najibullah Abdul Rashid Dostum
Mujahideen	Ahmad Shah Massoud Abdul Ali Mazari Abdullah Yusuf Azzam Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Abdul Haq Abdul Rahim Wardak Burhanuddin Rabbani

Events by year

Military operations

Civilian protests

Related topics

Films about war

List of films
The 9th Company
Afghan Breakdown
Afghantsi
All Costs Paid
The Beast
Cargo 200
Charlie Wilson's War
The Kite Runner
The Living Daylights
The Magic Mountain
Peshavar Waltz
Rambo III
Pictures from Afghanistan (documentary)
Bitter Lake (documentary)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Overview

Prelude
History
Timeline
Operations
Logistics
Impact
International Security Assistance Force
Taliban insurgency
Drone strikes in Pakistan
Withdrawal of U.S. troops
- 2011–2016
- 2020–2021
Resolute Support Mission
Evacuation

Casualties
and losses

Afghan forces
Civilian
- 2001–2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2011
- 2012
Coalition
Aviation incidents

Timeline

2001	Bombing of Kandahar Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif Siege of Kunduz Herat uprising Fall of Kabul Battle of Tarinkot Fall of Kandahar Battle of Qala-i-Jangi Dasht-i-Leili massacre Battle of Shawali Kowt Battle of Sayyd Alma Kalay Battle of Tora Bora
2002 –2006	2002 Guantanamo Bay Uruzgan bombing Kabul bombing 2003 Pakistan Embassy in Kabul attack 2004 2005 2006 Taliban offensive
2007	Shinwar shooting Hyderabad airstrike Nangar Khel incident Helmand airstrikes Baghlan bombing Bagram bombing South Korean hostage crisis
2008	Haska Meyna airstrike Azizabad airstrike Wech Bagtu airstrike Kabul Indian embassy bombing Kabul S Hotel attack Kidnapping of David Rohde Sarposa attack Kandahar bombing Spin Boldak bombing
2009	Granai airstrike Kunduz airstrike Narang raid February Kabul raids Kabul Indian embassy bombing Kandahar bombing NATO HQ bombing Camp Chapman attack Battle of Sabzak
2010	January Kabul attack Raid on Khataba February Kabul attack Uruzgan attack Sangin airstrike Maywand murders Tarok Kolache Nadahan bombing May Kabul bombing Badakhshan massacre Operation Halmazag
2011	Mano Gai airstrike Sarposa prison escape Bin Laden raid Logar bombing I-C Hotel Kabul attack Nimruz bombing Zabul bombing Chinook shootdown Helmand killing Pakistani border attack Ashura bombings
2012	Order of battle Urination video Kapisa airstrike Quran burning protests April attacks Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre Kandahar massacre September Camp Bastion raid Shesh Aba raid Body pictures
2013	Farah attack June Kabul bombings Presidential palace attack Herat U.S. consulate attack Jalalabad Indian consulate bombing
2014	Kabul S Hotel attack Herat Indian consulate attack Bagram bombing Paktika bombing Yahyakhel bombing December Kabul bombings Atiqullah Raufi assassination
2015	Park Palace attack Kabul Parliament attack Khost bombing April Jalalabad bombing 7 August Kabul attacks 10 August Kabul bombing 22 August Kabul bombing Ghazni prison escape Battle of Kunduz Hospital airstrike Kandahar Airport bombing Kabul Spanish Embassy attack Bagram bombing
2016	Nangarhar offensive Operation Omari April Kabul attack Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy bombing 30 June bombings July Kabul bombing Janikhel offensive AUoA attack September Kabul attacks Battle of Tarinkot Battle of Kunduz Battle of Boz Qandahari Mazar-i-Sharif German consulate bombing Bagram bombing
2017	January bombings Sangin airstrike March Kabul attack Nangarhar airstrike Camp Shaheen attack May Kabul bombing June Herat bombing Battle of Bora Bora June Lashkargar bombing August Herat attack 17 October attacks 20 October attacks 28 December Kabul bombing
2018	I-C Hotel Kabul attack STC Jalalabad attack Kabul ambulance bombing March Kabul bombing Kunduz madrassa attack 22 April Kabul bombing 30 April Kabul bombings Battle of Farah July Jalalabad bombing Battle of Darzab Ghazni offensive September Jalalabad bombing
2019	Maidan Shar attack Camp Shorabak attack 2019 Kabul mosque bombing 1 July Kabul attack Ghazni bombing 28 July Kabul bombing July Farah bombing 7 August Kabul bombing 17 August Kabul bombing 2 & 5 September Kabul bombings 17 September bombings Qalat bombing Jalalabad suicide bombing Haska Meyna mosque bombing Bagram attack
2020	6 March Kabul shooting Kabul gurdwara attack May attacks June attacks July attacks August attacks Jalalabad prison September attacks October attacks November attacks Kabul University attack December attacks
2021	Attacks Taliban offensive Kabul school bombing Battle of Kandahar Fall of Herat Battle of Lashkargah Capture of Zaranj Fall of Kabul Kunduz mosque bombing Kandahar bombing 2021 Kabul airlift Operation Allies Refuge Operation Pitting Operation Devi Shakti Kabul airport attack August 29 drone strike

Aftermath

War crimes

Peace
process

Afghan peace process
Afghan peace groups

Reactions

Memorials

London

Military operations in the War in Afghanistan

By country

Operations

2001	Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Relentless Strike Operation Rhino Operation Slipper Operation Accius Operation Apollo Operation Veritas Operation Crescent Wind Operation Jacana Operation Snipe
2002	Operation Anaconda Operation Herrick Operation Anaconda Operation Harpoon Operation Glock Operation Polar Harpoon Operation Jacana Operation Ptarmigan Operation Snipe Operation Condor Operation Buzzard Operation Mountain Lion Operation Fingal Operation Mountain Sweep
2003	Operation Avalanche Operation Mountain Viper Operation Mountain Resolve Operation Tsunami Operation Eagle Fury Operation Warrior Sweep Operation Apollo Operation Athena Operation Haven Denial Operation Headstrong
2004	Operation Asbury Park Operation Asbury Park II Operation Dragon Tree Operation Flashman Operation Headstrong Operation Lightning Resolve Operation Mountain Blizzard Operation Mountain Storm
2005	Operation Archer Operation Argus Operation Spurs Operation Mavericks Operation Celtics Operation Red Wings Operation Red Wings II Operation Whalers Operation Tar Heels Operation Diablo Reach Back Operation Neptune Operation Pil Operation Pizmah Operation Sleigh Ride Operation Vigilance
2006	Operation Mountain Thrust Operation Medusa Operation Kaika Operation Perth Operation Mountain Fury Operation Falcon Summit Operation Counterstrike Operation Lions Pride Operation Mountain Lion Operation Wyconda Pincer
2007	Operation Achilles Operation Hammer Operation Harekate Yolo Operation Luger Operation Rock Avalanche Operation Silver Operation Pickaxe-Handle Operation Kryptonite Operation Hoover Operation Mountain Fury Operation Volcano Operation Nasrat Operation Falcon Summit Operation Kamin Operation Diablo Dragnet Operation Palk Mesher Operation Silicon Operation Silver
2008	Operation Eagle's Summit Operation Red Dagger Operation Karez
2009	Operation Shahi Tandar Operation Diesel Operation Panther's Claw Operation Oqab Operation Strike of the Sword Operation Cobra's Anger Operation Septentrion Operation Mar Lewe
2010	Operation Dragon Strike Operation Moshtarak Operation New Dawn Operation Tor Shezada Operation Baawar Operation Bulldog Bite Operation New Dawn
2011–2021	2011 Operation Hammer Down 2014 Operation Baawar 2015 Operation Toral 2016 Operation Omari

War on terror

September 11 attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (Withdrawal)
Iraq War (2003–2011) (Withdrawal)
Symbolism of terrorism

Participants

Operational

Targets

Individuals	Osama bin Laden Hamza bin Laden Anwar al-Awlaki Sirajuddin Haqqani Jalaluddin Haqqani Anas Haqqani Khalil Haqqani Hafiz Saeed Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Bahaziq Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Factions	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Abu Sayyaf Al-Shabaab Boko Haram Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Hizbul Mujahideen Islamic Courts Union Jaish-e-Mohammed Jemaah Islamiyah Lashkar-e-Taiba Taliban Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Islamic State

Conflicts

Operation Enduring Freedom	War in Afghanistan OEF – Philippines Georgia Train and Equip Program Georgia Sustainment and Stability OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Drone strikes in Pakistan
Other	Operation Active Endeavour Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Insurgency in the North Caucasus Moro conflict in the Philippines Iraq War Iraqi insurgency Operation Linda Nchi Terrorism in Saudi Arabia Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia (2006–2009) 2007 Lebanon conflict al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

Policies

Politics

ECOTA Secretariat Secretaries-General Treaty of Izmir Islamabad Declaration
Symbols	Emblem Flag

Summits

Member

Observers

Northern Cyprus (as Turkish Cypriot State)

v t e South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Agreements	South Asian Free Trade Area
Summits	Dhaka 1985 Bangalore 1986 Kathmandu 1987 Islamabad 1988 Malé 1990 Colombo 1991 Dhaka 1993 New Delhi 1995 Malé 1997 Colombo 1998 Kathmandu 2002 Islamabad 2004 Dhaka 2005 New Delhi 2007 Colombo 2008 Thimphu 2010 Addu 2011 Kathmandu 2014 Islamabad 2016 (Cancelled)
Members	Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Observers	Australia China European Union Iran Japan Mauritius Myanmar South Korea United States
Guests	South Africa Russia
Specialised agencies	SAARC Consortium on Open and Distance Learning SAARC Documentation Centre South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry South Asian Federation of Accountants SAARC COVID-19 Emergency Fund
Related Articles	SAARC Secretary General SAARC Secretariat SAARC satellite South Asian University South Asian Games SAARC Literary Award SAARC Road SAARC Fountain

v t e Diplomatic missions of Afghanistan
Africa	Egypt
Americas	Canada
Asia	China [zh] Iran [fa] Mashhad [fa] Zahedan [fa] India Japan Pakistan Saudi Arabia [ar] Jeddah [ar] South Korea [ko] Turkey [tr]
Europe	France [fr] Germany Norway [no] Poland [pl] Russia Sweden [sv] Ukraine [uk] United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia
Former	United States
Multilateral Organisations	United Nations
Other	Taliban in Qatar

v t e Diplomatic missions in Afghanistan‎
Asia	China India Indonesia [id] Iran Japan [ja] Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia [ar] Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates
Europe	Russia [ru]
Attacks on diplomatic missions	Canada 2016 Germany 2017 India 2008 2009 2013 2014 Iraq Iran Pakistan Spain United States 2011
Former	Canada France [fr] Germany Italy [it] Norway [no] South Korea [ar; arz; ko] Spain [es] Sweden [sv] United Kingdom United States