city Kabul: All Data

Kabul is a city in Afghanistan. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

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Kabul: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

666 AD
Capital of Turk Shahi
901 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Abu Ibrahim Isma'il ibn Ahmad
1504 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Kabul, part of Campaigns of Babur
1776 AD
Capital of Durrani Empire
1824 AD
Capital of Emirate of Afghanistan
1839 AD
Capital of Afghanistan (British Protectorate)
1842 AD
Mentioned in Event: Punitive Expedition to Kabul
1842 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kabul, part of Punitive Expedition to Kabul
1879 AD
Mentioned in Event: Afghan Revolt
1879 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second British Invasion (Second Anglo-Afghan War)
1879 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Gandamak
1880 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second British Invasion (Second Anglo-Afghan War)
1926 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Afghanistan
1929 AD
Mentioned in Event: Afghan Civil War (1928-1929)
1929 AD
Mentioned in: Battle for Arg, part of Afghan Civil War (1928-1929)
1973 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1974 coup d'état in Afghanistan
1973 AD
Capital of Republic of Afghanistan
1978 AD
Mentioned in Event: Saur Revolution
1978 AD
Capital of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
1979 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan
1989 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan
1992 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil war in Afghanistan (1989-92)
1992 AD
Capital of Islamic State of Afghanistan
1996 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil war in Afghanistan (1992-1996)
1996 AD
Capital of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
2001 AD
Mentioned in Event: US/Northern Alliance Offensive
2001 AD
Mentioned in: Fall of Kabul (2001)
2001 AD
Capital of Afghan Interim Administration
2002 AD
Mentioned in Event: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
2002 AD
Capital of Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
2004 AD
Mentioned in Event: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
2004 AD
Capital of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
2021 AD
Mentioned in Event: 2021 Taliban offensive
2021 AD
Mentioned in: Fall of Kabul, part of 2021 Taliban offensive
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Kābul, part of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan