It was also invaded by the Turks, the Huns, the Hindus, the Arab Muslims, the Persians, the Parthians, who are from the ancient Iranian peoples, and many others. What is certain is that the peoples living in what is today Afghanistan resisted with all their might the invaders, one after the other, who invaded the Hindu Kush region.Īlexander the Great faced "fierce" opposition from the local population when he invaded the region around 300 BC, and was seriously wounded in the leg by an arrow.īut he eventually managed to crush the resistance and establish Kandahar, which is today a modern city, and then set out for India, leaving behind the Seleucid Empire that lasted 250 years.Īnd it was not limited to Alexander alone, he also invaded Afghanistan, the founder of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, followed by his compatriot Tamerlane, and his grandson Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur, the founder of the Mongol state in India. The writer claims in his article that Afghanistan has been, throughout its existence, a victim of its ambitions. There is a belief that Afghanistan has seriously weakened - if not destroyed - everyone who dared to cross its borders since the time of Alexander the Great to America in the 21st century, according to the writer's expression.Īfghanistan is a victim of its own ambitions The famous phrase "Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires" has once again topped the headlines of dozens of newspapers, political cartoons and intellectual writings, and came out of the mouths of commentators on television channels. The writer - who is trying to paint a different picture of what the Afghan scene will result in from its repercussions on America and its allies - believes that understanding these reasons is also important in recognizing that “less insignificant” powers such as Afghanistan may also suffer from “lasting” damage more than the larger invaders And the most powerful.Īmerica the Ingenious: How a Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World describes his country's hasty but inevitable withdrawal from Afghanistan. For Kevin Baker - a political analyst, novelist and journalist - understanding the historical truth about Afghanistan is necessary to understand the reasons why the United States is likely to avoid dangerous long-term effects from "its long and unhelpful occupation of Afghanistan, or from its bloody and clumsy withdrawal."
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