Afghanistan is at war with the Hephthalite Empire.
Afghanistan . The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires . Hephthalite Empire . At the height of its power in the first half of the 6th century , the Hephthalite Empire controlled territory in present-day Afghanistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Pakistan , India and China .