A series of three wars between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan in the 19th century and early 20th century was formerly called the Afghan Wars but is now referred to as the Anglo-Afghan wars perhaps to distinguish them from the civil strife in the 1980s.

For more information on the Anglo-Afghan Wars, and the major conflicts in Afghanistan since then, see the following:

• First Anglo-Afghan War (from 1839 to 1842)
• Second Anglo-Afghan War (from 1878 to 1881)
• Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
• Soviet-Afghan War (from 1979 to 1989)
• Afghan Civil war (from 1992 to 2001)
• United States war in Afghanistan (2001-current)

See also

• History of Afghanistan
• Invasions of Afghanistan
• European influence in Afghanistan

History of Afghanistan | Wars of the United Kingdom | British Empire | History of Pakistan

Anglo-Afghanische Kriege | 아프가니스탄 전쟁 | מלחמת אפגניסטן | アフガン戦争