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Conflict South Asia

War in Afghanistan

2001 CE – 2020 CE · 19 years

America's longest war — launched after 9/11 to destroy al-Qaeda and topple the Taliban. The US withdrew in 2021 and the Taliban retook the country within weeks.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United States & NATO
  • Taliban & al-Qaeda

Key moments

Defining events in the War in Afghanistan.

  1. 2001 Fall of Kabul
  2. 2001 Battle of Tora Bora
  3. 2021 Fall of Kabul

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Western Ghats

3000 BCE – still standing

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Nepal

Attested 1200 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2001 CE and 2020 CE.

2004 CE Insurgency in Balochistan 2001 CE Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque 2003 CE Iraq War 2003 CE War in Darfur 2004 CE Battle of Fallujah

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Landmark · Middle East 2007 CE – still standing Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Ronald Reagan Figure · United States 1911 CE – 2004 CE Angolan Civil War Conflict · Africa 1975 CE – 2002 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Hazrat Sultan Mosque Landmark 2012 CE – still standing
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