Anglo-Afghan Wars

Target entity: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Context triple: [Afghanistan, historicalEvent, Anglo-Afghan Wars]

• A. Second Anglo-Afghan War
  The Second Anglo-Afghan War was a late 19th-century conflict between the British Empire and Afghanistan that reshaped Afghan sovereignty and British influence in the region.
• B. Anglo-Sikh Wars
  The Anglo-Sikh Wars were a pair of mid-19th-century conflicts in the Indian subcontinent between the Sikh Empire and the expanding British East India Company that led to the annexation of Punjab into British India.
• C. Anglo-Nepalese War
  The Anglo-Nepalese War was an early 19th-century conflict between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Nepal that reshaped regional borders and led to the recruitment of Gurkha soldiers into British service.
• D. Anglo-Maratha Wars
  The Anglo-Maratha Wars were a series of late 18th- and early 19th-century conflicts in India that culminated in the defeat of the Maratha Empire and the establishment of British dominance over most of the subcontinent.
• E. Soviet–Afghan War
  The Soviet–Afghan War was a decade-long conflict (1979–1989) in which Soviet forces intervened in Afghanistan to support a communist government against Islamist guerrilla fighters, becoming a major Cold War proxy war that contributed to the USSR’s eventual collapse.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Target entity description: The Anglo-Afghan Wars were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Afghanistan that shaped the latter’s modern borders and its role as a buffer state in Central Asia.

• A. Second Anglo-Afghan War
  The Second Anglo-Afghan War was a late 19th-century conflict between the British Empire and Afghanistan that reshaped Afghan sovereignty and British influence in the region.
• B. Anglo-Sikh Wars
  The Anglo-Sikh Wars were a pair of mid-19th-century conflicts in the Indian subcontinent between the Sikh Empire and the expanding British East India Company that led to the annexation of Punjab into British India.
• C. Anglo-Nepalese War
  The Anglo-Nepalese War was an early 19th-century conflict between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Nepal that reshaped regional borders and led to the recruitment of Gurkha soldiers into British service.
• D. Anglo-Maratha Wars
  The Anglo-Maratha Wars were a series of late 18th- and early 19th-century conflicts in India that culminated in the defeat of the Maratha Empire and the establishment of British dominance over most of the subcontinent.
• E. Soviet–Afghan War
  The Soviet–Afghan War was a decade-long conflict (1979–1989) in which Soviet forces intervened in Afghanistan to support a communist government against Islamist guerrilla fighters, becoming a major Cold War proxy war that contributed to the USSR’s eventual collapse.
• F. None of above. chosen