Afghan Civil War

Target entity: Afghan Civil War
Context triple: [Afghanistan, historicalEvent, Afghan Civil War]

• A. Soviet–Afghan War
  The Soviet–Afghan War was a decade-long conflict (1979–1989) in which Soviet forces intervened in Afghanistan to support a communist government against Islamist guerrilla fighters, becoming a major Cold War proxy war that contributed to the USSR’s eventual collapse.
• B. North Yemen Civil War
  The North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970) was a conflict between royalist forces loyal to the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and republican revolutionaries backed by Egypt, which reshaped Yemen’s political landscape and became a major Cold War proxy war in the Middle East.
• C. War of Attrition
  The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
• D. Anglo-Afghan Wars
  The Anglo-Afghan Wars were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Afghanistan that shaped the latter’s modern borders and its role as a buffer state in Central Asia.
• E. Ethiopian Civil War
  The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Afghan Civil War
Target entity description: The Afghan Civil War refers to the prolonged internal conflicts in Afghanistan, particularly after the Soviet withdrawal and the fall of the communist government, involving rival mujahideen factions, warlords, and later the Taliban, which devastated the country’s political stability and infrastructure.

• A. Soviet–Afghan War
  The Soviet–Afghan War was a decade-long conflict (1979–1989) in which Soviet forces intervened in Afghanistan to support a communist government against Islamist guerrilla fighters, becoming a major Cold War proxy war that contributed to the USSR’s eventual collapse.
• B. North Yemen Civil War
  The North Yemen Civil War (1962–1970) was a conflict between royalist forces loyal to the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and republican revolutionaries backed by Egypt, which reshaped Yemen’s political landscape and became a major Cold War proxy war in the Middle East.
• C. War of Attrition
  The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
• D. Anglo-Afghan Wars
  The Anglo-Afghan Wars were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Afghanistan that shaped the latter’s modern borders and its role as a buffer state in Central Asia.
• E. Ethiopian Civil War
  The Ethiopian Civil War was a protracted conflict from 1974 to 1991 between the Marxist Derg regime and various rebel groups, which devastated the country and led to the overthrow of Ethiopia’s military government.
• F. None of above. chosen