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**clorkergo** · 10-07-2012, 11:47 PM

Assalam O Alaikum!

I have started this thread to discuss the History of Afghanistan.

Invaders of Afghanistan include;
Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Timur, the Mughal Empire, Russian Tsars, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and US (NATO)

Alexander: The Great (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC)

"I am involved in the land of a 'Leonine' (lion-like) and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a wall of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one Alexander into the world, but every mother in this land has brought an Alexander in the world.”
Letter of Alexander: The Great to his mother while conquering Afghanistan.

His army faced very strong resistance in the Afghan tribal areas where he is said to have commented that Afghanistan is
"easy to march into, hard to march out of."

10-07-2012, 11:47 PM	#1
clorkergo Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires Assalam O Alaikum! I have started this thread to discuss the History of Afghanistan. Invaders of Afghanistan include; Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Timur, the Mughal Empire, Russian Tsars, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and US (NATO) Alexander: The Great (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC) "I am involved in the land of a 'Leonine' (lion-like) and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a wall of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one Alexander into the world, but every mother in this land has brought an Alexander in the world.” Letter of Alexander: The Great to his mother while conquering Afghanistan. His army faced very strong resistance in the Afghan tribal areas where he is said to have commented that Afghanistan is "easy to march into, hard to march out of."
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