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Afghanistan is the mountain knot where empires meet and armies go to be ambushed: the Hindu Kush shreds any invader's supply lines and splinters the country into valley societies no central state fully controls. 'Graveyard of empires' is a description of terrain before it is one of politics.

34.2°N · 66.5°E

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AFGHANISTAN · THE GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRESThe Graveyard of Empires
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