city Kandahar: All Data

Kandahar 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.

1. Lists and Timelines

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Kandahar: 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.

1605 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Kandahar (1605–06), part of Conquests of Akbar the Great
1649 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mughal-Safavid War
1649 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Kandahar (1648-1649), part of Mughal-Safavid War
1709 AD
Capital of Hotak Empire
1725 AD
Capital of Hotak Empire
1737 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Kandahar, part of Conquests of Nader Shah
1739 AD
Mentioned in Event: Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire
1748 AD
Capital of Durrani Empire
1839 AD
Mentioned in Event: British Invasion (First Anglo-Afghan War)
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)
1880 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kandahar (1880), part of Second British Invasion (Second Anglo-Afghan War)
1929 AD
Mentioned in Event: Afghan Civil War (1928-1929)
1973 AD
Mentioned in Event: 1974 coup d'état in Afghanistan
1978 AD
Mentioned in Event: Saur Revolution
1980 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)
1994 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil war in Afghanistan (1992-1996)
1996 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil war in Afghanistan (1992-1996)
2001 AD
Mentioned in Event: US/Northern Alliance Offensive
2001 AD
Mentioned in: Operation Rhino
2002 AD
Mentioned in Event: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
2004 AD
Mentioned in Event: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
2006 AD
Mentioned in: Operation Mountain Thrust
2011 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kandahar (2011)
2021 AD
Mentioned in Event: 2021 Taliban offensive
2021 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kandahar (2021), part of 2021 Taliban offensive
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Kandahār, part of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan