Afghan conflicts

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historical phenomenon series of armed conflicts

Afghan conflicts refers to the series of wars and insurgencies in Afghanistan—most notably the Soviet–Afghan War, the civil wars of the 1990s, and the post-2001 conflict involving the Taliban and international forces—that have profoundly shaped the country’s modern history and regional geopolitics.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Afghanistan War	4
Afghan Wars	1
Afghan conflict	1
Afghan conflicts canonical	1
Afghan refugee crisis	1
Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)	1
Taliban insurgency	1
The Wars of Afghanistan	1
wider War in Afghanistan (1978–present)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical phenomenon ⓘ series of armed conflicts ⓘ
cause	Cold War geopolitical rivalry ⓘ ethnic and factional rivalries ⓘ foreign intervention ⓘ ideological conflict between communism and Islamism ⓘ internal political instability in Afghanistan ⓘ
hasPart	Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) International Security Assistance Force ⓘ surface form: NATO-led ISAF mission Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Taliban insurgency ⓘ U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan ⓘ War in Afghanistan (1978–present) framing ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
impactOn	Afghanistan’s state-building efforts ⓘ global war on terror ⓘ refugee flows to neighboring countries ⓘ regional geopolitics ⓘ
involves	Iran ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: NATO member states Pakistan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States foreign fighters ⓘ
location	Afghanistan ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Afghan mujahideen ⓘ Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ NATO ⓘ Northern Alliance ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Taliban ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
relatedTo	Cold War ⓘ Global War on Terrorism ⓘ surface form: Global War on Terror
result	large-scale displacement of Afghan population ⓘ long-term economic underdevelopment ⓘ regional instability in South and Central Asia ⓘ rise of transnational jihadist networks ⓘ significant civilian casualties ⓘ
significantEvent	Fall of Kabul (2021) ⓘ surface form: Fall of Kabul to Taliban (2021) Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979) Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan (1989) ⓘ Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan (2001)
startPoint	Saur Revolution ⓘ surface form: Saur Revolution (1978)
timePeriod	early 21st century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Islamic world → hasConflict → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

Southern Afghanistan → historicallySignificantFor → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taliban insurgency

The War You Don't See → mainSubject → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghanistan War

Afghan Civil War → partOf → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan conflict

North-West Frontier campaigns → relatedTo → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan Wars

America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History → subject → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghanistan War

John Simpson → hasWritten → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Wars of Afghanistan

ASTOR → usedIn → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghanistan War

Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) → partOf → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: wider War in Afghanistan (1978–present)

Rising Sun badge → usedInConflict → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghanistan War

Khaled Hosseini → influencedBy → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan refugee crisis

War against the Taliban (1996–2001) → partOf → Afghan conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)