This page gathers the historic cities, events and structures located within the modern borders of Afghanistan, and the civilizations that ruled this geography. Locations are matched to the data on the interactive map.
Civilizations that ruled these lands (3)
Historic cities (3)
Events on this geography (58)
- 1978 CESaur Revolution
- 1979 CESoviet Invasion of Afghanistan
- 2021 CE2021 Kabul airport attack
- 1979 CETajbeg Palace assault
- 1999 CEIndian Airlines flight 814 hijacking
- 2015 CEmurder of Farkhunda
- 2016 CEJuly 2016 Kabul bombing
- 2020 CE2020 Kabul University attack
- 2021 CEThe Taliban's Recapture of Afghanistan
- 2021 CERepublican insurgency in Afghanistan
- 2001 CEDasht-i-Leili massacre
- 2012 CEKandahar massacre
- 2016 CEApril 2016 Kabul attack
- 2017 CEMay 2017 Kabul attack
- 2018 CE2018 Kabul ambulance bombing
- 2019 CE17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
- 2019 CEMaidan Shar attack
- 2019 CEAugust 2019 Kabul bombing
- 2020 CEKabul gurdwara attack
- 2021 CEMay 2021 Kabul bombing
- 2021 CE2021 Kunduz mosque bombing
- 557 CEGöktürk-Sasanid Alliance Destroys Hephthalites
- 1469 CEThe Reign of Husayn Bayqara: The Golden Age of Herat Culture
- 1490 CEThe Major Works of Ali Shir Nava'i
- 1490 CEAli-Shir Nava'i
- 1498 CEAli Shir Nava'i and Classical Chagatai Turkic Literature
- 1507 CEMuhammad Shaybani Khan's Capture of Herat: The End of the Timurid State
- 1979 CESoviet-Afghan War
- 2007 CE2007 Bagram Airfield bombing
- 2008 CE2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
- 2009 CE2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack
- 2013 CE2013 Afghan presidential palace attack
- 2017 CEMarch 2017 Kabul attack
- 2018 CE2018 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack
- 2022 CE2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing
- 2023 CE2023 Kabul airport bombing
- 130 BCEGreat Yuezhi Settles Bactria
- 100 CEKushan Empire Zenith — Steppe-India Link
- 1381 CETimur's Conquest of Khorasan and the Capture of Herat
- 1409 CEThe Reign of Shah Rukh: The Timurid Renaissance
- 1469 CEThe Herat School of Miniature Painting and Master Bihzad
- 1982 CEPadkhwab-e Shana massacre
- 1985 CELaghman massacre
- 2002 CE2002 Kabul bombing
- 2007 CE2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing
- 2008 CE2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul
- 2008 CE2008 Kandahar bombing
- 2008 CESpin Boldak bombing
- 2011 CE2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack
- 2017 CE2017 Herat mosque attack
- 2019 CEKabul University bombing
- 250 BCEThe Independence of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (c. 250 BCE)
- 250 BCEGreco-Bactrian Kingdom Border with Steppe
- 360 CEKidarites Consolidate in Bactria
- 375 CEThe Collapse of the Kushan Empire
- 420 CEThe Founding of the Hephthalite (White Hun) Empire
- 962 CEThe Founding of the Ghaznavid State
- 1010 CEFirdawsi's Shahnameh and Ghaznavid Patronage
Architectural sites (2)
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- Which civilizations lived on the lands of Afghanistan?
- Ghaznavid Empire, Gupta Empire, Timurid Empire.
- What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of Afghanistan?
- Ghazni (300 BCE), Balkh, Herat.
- How many historic cities are within the modern borders of Afghanistan?
- 3 historic cities are recorded within the borders of Afghanistan.