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.

Also sometimes used to refer to the Afghan Jihad.

See also

• First Anglo-Afghan War (from 1839 to 1842)
• The Second Anglo-Afghan War (from 1878 to 1879)
• Third Anglo_Afghan War and Independence 1919
• European influence in Afghanistan
• History of Afghanistan