A series of three wars between Britain and the Afghans 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 1879)
• Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (from 1979 to 1989)
• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan (2001)

See also

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