Afghan Civil War

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armed conflict civil war civil war phase

The Afghan Civil War refers to the prolonged internal conflicts in Afghanistan, particularly after the Soviet withdrawal and the fall of the communist government, involving rival mujahideen factions, warlords, and later the Taliban, which devastated the country’s political stability and infrastructure.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)	15
Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)	14
Afghan civil war	12
Afghan Civil War canonical	8
Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)	3
Afghan Civil War (1978–1979)	1
Afghan Civil War (1989–1996)	1
Afghan Civil War (1990s)	1
Afghan Civil War (post-2001 political phase)	1
Afghan civil war (1989–1992)	1
Afghan civil war (1990s)	1
Afghan civil war (1992–1996)	1
Afghan civil war (post-1992)	1
Battle for Kabul (1992–1996)	1
War in Afghanistan (1996–2001)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ civil war phase ⓘ civil war phase ⓘ civil war phase ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Battle for Kabul (1992–1996)
caused	destruction of infrastructure in Afghanistan ⓘ large-scale internal displacement ⓘ political fragmentation of Afghanistan ⓘ
conflictIn	Afghanistan ⓘ
endTime	1992 ⓘ 1996 ⓘ 2001 ⓘ
followed	Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
hasPhase	Afghan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Afghan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Afghan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
location	Kabul ⓘ Kandahar ⓘ Mazar-i-Sharif ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ Hezb-e Wahdat ⓘ surface form: Hizb-e Wahdat Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ Ittehad-e Islami ⓘ Jamiat-e Islami ⓘ Junbish-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Junbish-i Milli Northern Alliance ⓘ Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Republic of Afghanistan Taliban ⓘ Taliban ⓘ mujahideen factions ⓘ
majorCombatant	Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ Northern Alliance ⓘ Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Republic of Afghanistan Taliban ⓘ mujahideen factions ⓘ
partOf	Afghan conflicts ⓘ surface form: Afghan conflict
preceded	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
result	Taliban capture of Kabul in 1996 ⓘ U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 ⓘ fall of the communist government in Kabul ⓘ
startTime	1989 ⓘ 1992 ⓘ 1996 ⓘ
supportedBy	India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ al-Qaeda ⓘ
timePeriod	late 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afghanistan → historicalEvent → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

Soviet–Afghan War → precededBy → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1978–1979)

Soviet–Afghan War → followedBy → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Taliban → activeInConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: War in Afghanistan (1996–2001)

Taliban → activeInConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

Northern Alliance → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

Afghan American → majorMigrationWave → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war (1990s)

Afghan Civil War → hasPhase → Afghan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Afghan Civil War → hasPhase → Afghan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Afghan Civil War → hasPhase → Afghan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)

Afghan Civil War → alsoKnownAs → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

this entity surface form: Battle for Kabul (1992–1996)

Afghan conflicts → hasPart → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Afghan conflicts → hasPart → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Afghan conflicts → hasPart → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)

Mohammad Najibullah → participantIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war (1989–1992)

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → involvedIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan → followedBy → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Ahmad Shah Massoud → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Ahmad Shah Massoud → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → activeInConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → activeInConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Abdul Rashid Dostum → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Abdul Rashid Dostum → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Cold War proxy conflicts → hasPart → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Mullah Mohammad Omar → militaryConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

United Front → participatedIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)

Abdul Rasul Sayyaf → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1996)

Abdul Rasul Sayyaf → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (post-2001 political phase)

Jamiat-e Islami → activeInConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Jamiat-e Islami → activeInConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Ismail Khan → militaryConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Ismail Khan → militaryConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Armed Forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan (pre-1992) → usedInConflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Taliban offensive of 2021 → partOf → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

Yunus Qanuni → participatedIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

Mohammad Mohaqiq → participatedIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

Hezb-e Wahdat → activeIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar → activeIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

Burhanuddin Rabbani → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1990s)

Mohammad Qasim Fahim → participatedIn → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

National Museum of Afghanistan → sufferedEvent → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

Islamic State of Afghanistan → politicalContext → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

The Bullets of the Poets → mainSubject → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

Salang Tunnel → damagedDuring → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war

Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) → conflict → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) → partOf → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

The Kite Runner (novel) → historicalContext → Afghan Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: The Kite Runner

this entity surface form: Afghan civil war