Kabul
City
Capital of Afghanistan.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 2000 Afghanistan
- since 2002 Afghanistan
Capital of
Events here 18
- August 1842 – October 1842 Kabul Expedition (1842)
- September 3, 1879 Siege of the British Residency in Kabul
- December 15–23, 1879 Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment
- July 17, 1973 1973 Afghan coup d'état
- April 27–28, 1978 Saur Revolution
- December 24, 1979 – February 15, 1989 Soviet–Afghan War
- December 27, 1979 Operation Storm-333
- April 30, 1992 – September 27, 1996 Battle of Kabul (1992–1996)
- October 7, 2001 – August 30, 2021 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- November 12–13, 2001 Fall of Kabul (2001)
- July 23, 2016 July 2016 Kabul bombing
- May 31, 2017 May 2017 Kabul bombing
- January 27, 2018 Kabul ambulance bombing
- August 17, 2019 17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
- November 2, 2020 2020 Kabul University attack
- August 15, 2021 Fall of Kabul (2021)
- August 26, 2021 2021 Kabul airport attack
- July 31, 2022 Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri