Battle of Kabul
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Battle of Kabul may refer to:
- The Battle of Kabul (709), during the Muslim conquestsMuslim conquestsMuslim conquests also referred to as the Islamic conquests or Arab conquests, began with the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He established a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula which under the subsequent Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion of Muslim power.They...
- The Battle of Kabul (1842)Battle of Kabul (1842)for other uses of the term see Battle of KabulThe Battle of Kabul was fought from August to October, 1842, between British and Afghan forces. It was the concluding engagement of the First Anglo-Afghan War. The British advanced on Kabul from Kandahar and Jalalabad to avenge the earlier Massacre of...
(August to October, 1842), during the First Anglo-Afghan War - The Siege of the Sherpur CantonmentSiege of the Sherpur CantonmentThe Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment was a battle fought in December 1879, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.On 3 September 1879 Sir Pierre Cavagnari, the British Resident in Kabul, and his escort were massacred by mutinous Afghan troops, initiating the second phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.A...
(December 1879), during the First Anglo-Afghan War - The Sieges of Kabul a series of intermittent fighting and sieges in the period between the Soviet withdrawal from 1989 until the Taliban took control of the city in 1996
- The Fall of Kabul, when captured by Northern Alliance forces supported by American air power