YEAR // Post-Cold War
2001
15 wars active · 10 battles
Wars active
15 catalogued
1975-2002 · Year 27 of 28
Angolan Civil War
The Angolan Civil War was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from…
1982-2014 · Year 20 of 33
Casamance conflict
The Casamance conflict is an ongoing low-level conflict that has been waged between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) since…
1983-2005 · Year 19 of 23
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of…
1983-2009 · Year 19 of 27
Sri Lankan civil war
The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers…
1991-2002 · Year 11 of 12
Sierra Leone Civil War
The Sierra Leonean Civil War (1991–2002) was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special…
1991-2001 · Closing year
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist…
1992-2002 · Year 10 of 11
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War, known in Algeria as the Black Decade, was a civil war fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 11 January 1992 to 8…
1993-2005 · Year 9 of 13
Burundi Civil War
The Burundian Civil War was a civil war in Burundi lasting from 1993 to 2005. The civil war was the result of longstanding ethnic divisions between the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic…
1996-2001 · Closing year
Afghan Civil War (1996-2001)
The 1996–2001 Afghan Civil War, also known as the Third Afghan Civil War, took place between the Taliban's conquest of Kabul and their establishing of the Islamic Emirate of…
1996-2006 · Year 6 of 11
Nepalese Civil War
The Nepalese Civil War (1996–2006) was a protracted and countrywide armed conflict in the then Kingdom of Nepal between the Kingdom's rulers and the Communist Party of Nepal…
1998-2003 · Year 4 of 6
Second Congo War
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just…
1999-2009 · Year 3 of 11
Second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from…
1999-2003 · Year 3 of 5
Second Liberian Civil War
The Second Liberian Civil War was a civil war in the West African nation of Liberia that lasted from 1999 to 2003. The war was mainly caused by transition failures after the…
2001–2021 major U.S. war period · Opening year
Afghanistan War
The longest U.S. war began after 9/11, displaced the Taliban government, evolved into counterinsurgency, and ended with Taliban return to power.
2001-2021 · Opening year
War on Terrorism
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global military campaign initiated by the United States in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. A…
Battles
10 recorded
November 25, 2001
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
Afghan Conflict
August 1, 2001
Battle of Vedeno
Second Chechen War
November 13, 2001
Fall of Kabul
Afghanistan War
November 9, 2001
Fall of Mazari Sharif
Afghanistan War
Dec 2001
Kandahar
Afghanistan War
Southern Afghanistan
October 26, 2001
Operation Active Endeavour
War on Terrorism
October 9, 2001
Operation Eagle Assist
War on Terrorism
October 7, 2001
Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghanistan War
Dec 2001
Tora Bora
Afghanistan War
Eastern Afghanistan
January 1, 2001
United States invasion of Afghanistan
Afghanistan War