Comments by "hannannah1uk" (@hannannah1uk) on "Why America Invaded Afghanistan in the First Place" video.

It's a myth that Afghanistan is the "graveyard of empires", "nobody wins in Afghanistan" etc. Islam invaded and conquered Afghanistan in the 8th century displacing Hindus, Buddhists and Zoroastrians. The Pakistan-backed Taliban is just a variant.
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@dragosstanciu9866 And the Persians .. the list goes on! Shows how western-centric we are to perpetuate this myth. Looks to me that with the transfer of power in Afghanistan the sun is sinking in the West as it rises in the East with China, Russia, Pakistan... even Afghanistan itself. What now for India with its 200 million Muslims?
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Stratocratic Pakistan As a child of the British Empire (as was) I can only concur.
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@lhpoetry indeed. They say (even) Alexander failed in Afghanistan. I'm not so sure. His invasion was part of the conquest of the Persian Empire which he certainly did achieve and he founded at least one Alexandria and of course Kandahar is named after him. I think he achieved what he wanted to achieve and then went on into India.
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