Afghanistan conflict
Part of the Cold War (1978–1991) and the War on Terror (2001–2021)
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Development of the war in Afghanistan from the Peshawar Accord in April 1992 to the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001
Date27 April 1978 – present
Location
Afghanistan
Result
  • Communist coup (1978)
  • Uprisings against the PDPA government (1978–1979)
  • Soviet invasion (1979)
  • Soviet withdrawal (1988–1989)
  • Collapse of the PDPA government (1992)
  • Establishment of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992)
  • Inter-factional fighting (1992–1994)
  • Taliban uprising (1994–1996)
  • Establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996)
  • United Front leads resistance to the Taliban government (1996–2001)
  • NATO invasion and collapse of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2001)
  • Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004)
  • Taliban insurgency escalation (2006)
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict (2015–Present)
  • United States withdrawal (2020–2021)
  • Taliban offensive and collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2021)
  • Re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021)
  • National Resistance Front leads resistance and protests to the Taliban government (2021–present)
  • Iran clashes with the Islamic Emirate Army (2021)
  • Pakistan clashes with the Islamic Emirate Army (2022)
Casualties and losses
1,405,111–2,584,468[needs update]