Afghan Conflict
Sign in to saveAlso known as Afghan crisis, conflict in Afghanistan, Afghan war of 1978, war in Afghanistan, civil war in Afghanistan, Afghan civil war, Afghan war, Afghan conflict (1978-)
armed conflicts in Afghanistan since 1978
Key facts
- Date
- Date 27 April 1978 – present, (48 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
- Location
- Afghanistan (spillover into Pakistan and Tajikistan )
- Status
- Ongoing Islamic State–Taliban conflict since 2015 Republican insurgency since 2021 Afghanistan–Pakistan border conflicts Afghanistan-Pakistan war since 2026
- Territorial changes
- The Taliban controls all of Afghanistan's territory under the re-established Islamic Emirate since September 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- War on Terrorism
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Location
- Afghanistan
- Image
- Afghanistan - Location Map (2013) - AFG - UNOCHA.svg
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- start time
- 1978-04-27
- Commons category
- War in Afghanistan (since 1978)
- topic's main category
- Category:Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)
- topic has template
- Template:Campaignbox Afghan Civil War
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Encyclopedic overview
Casualties and losses
1,405,111–2,584,468 (1978–2013)
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