The sad story of modern Afghanistan (late 70's through 2001) might be also of interest to those who want to know more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afgha

The sad story of modern Afghanistan (late 70's through 2001) might be also of interest to those who want to know more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(1978–present) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(1978–presen... If it wasn't for the damn Cold War, probably today Afghanistan would probably be more developed than Iran... :(