My father was a British soldier in the 1920's, and was stationed in India and Afganistan.
The only thing he ever told me was that the Afgans only stopped fighting each other, to have a pop at the local British garrison.
He also said it was the most beautiful country he ever saw.
The saying about the people was, "You can buy an Afgan, but you will never own one!"
Not much has changed, and given our history in the place, I was truly surprised our government ever put troops back into the country.
But who looks at, or takes notice of history books any more?
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