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Trav3lingman t1_ityxuvr wrote

Afghanistan is not a country. It's a bunch of random tribal religious fanatics. Let em live how they want if they will leave the rest of us out of it.

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Sketti_n_butter t1_iu0giq1 wrote

Exactly. Why take away their autonomy? There are 195 countries on earth. Why the fuck is Afghanistan the place where both England and America went to war. That poor, poor place. I feel bad for all of it's residents.

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Trav3lingman t1_iu0i0rn wrote

There is a literal "invasions of Afghanistan" wiki page it's happened so many times. The US the Soviets and the UK were all suuuperr late to the invade Afghanistan game. Leave them to be how they want.

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os_kaiserwilhelm t1_iu2twxo wrote

England was just good old imperialism. Afghanistan came to the US in 2001 when it allowed its territory to be a safe haven for ALl Qaeda. Additionally the Northern Alliance fought the opening phase of the war. The Taliban had been driven from Kabul before American boots touched the ground thanks to US Air support.

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Youngdumbstoneddrunk t1_iu28146 wrote

I always thought Afghanistan should never been a country, its always been a continental corridor.

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Trav3lingman t1_iu2ah3h wrote

It's a place just left to it's own devices. The last time anyone truly controlled the area was probably Alexander the Great.

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os_kaiserwilhelm t1_iu2ufw7 wrote

It was literally the seat of Ahmad Shah Durrani's empire. Before that it had been the seat of Timur's heir, and later the base for Babur for his invasion of India.

Does that mean every valley had state presence? But the cities and surrounding countryside were under a loose system of fealty not too dissimilar to feudalism.

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Trav3lingman t1_iu2xj7m wrote

IIRC Alexander had full control but he also retired troops there with land grants. Veteran soldiers flat out living in a region probably helped a lot. My memory could be faulty though. It's been 10+ years since I got a curiosity bug on Afghanistan.

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