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I want to challenge your ideas here. > It’s the social structure of the entire country. Isn't U.S, Soviet Union and Great Britain who ruined this country for
by tuyguntn 4y ago
I want to challenge your ideas here.
> It’s the social structure of the entire country.
Isn't U.S, Soviet Union and Great Britain who ruined this country for a last century to gain geopolitical space in the middle of Asia?
It became mess after these countries invaded them, let's see if they can recover from that in upcoming 50 years, if they can, we might see another fast growing economy with their resources
- alephnerd 4y agoIt was a mess before that as well. Before the Great Game between the Brits and Russians, it was a Great Game between the Sikhs and Durranis [0], and before that between the Mughals and Safavids [1][2] (my Nani traces her heritage to Hindu/Sikh community in Malakand). The local political structure in the region was always clan driven due to the 300 years of near anarchy in the region stretching from Khorasan to Punjab following the collapse of the Safavid and Mughal Empires. [0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan%E2%80%93Sikh_Wars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan%E2%80%93Sikh_Wars [1] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal%E2%80%93Persian_Wars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal%E2%80%93Persian_Wars (Slight disagreement with the above wiki page - I wouldn't treat Afsharids as Persian) [2] - https://thediplomat.com/2015/10/300-years-ago-afghanistans-george-washington-died/ https://thediplomat.com/2015/10/300-years-ago-afghanistans-g...
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- selimthegrim 4y agoResponding to pyuser583’s deleted comment in reply he is probably thinking of the book by Nancy Dupree. Another good read is “Under The Absolute Amir” by Frank Martin (early 20th century and out of print, probably online somewhere)
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