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During the 19th century, britain, looking to protect its indian empire from russia, attempted to annex afghanistan, resulting in a series of britishafghan wars 183842, 187880, 191921. I received my copy of this book free from the author andor publisher. History of afghanistan this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. The book begins with a brief discussion of afghanistans long history of outside encounters. This book express almost 30 years history of afghanistan. The war in afghanistan understanding world history download. For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history shaping clashes between civilizations. An independent open source renderer mediawiki2latex is available. Focusing on key episodes in afghanistan s long history of conflict with foreign forces from the early nineteenth century to the present, this book sheds new light on the afghan way of war. The inhouse pdf rendering service has been withdrawn. The history of afghanistan is a history of war and conflict even up to present day. Pdf on jan 1, 2012, rob johnson and others published on afghanistans plains. Monoskop is a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities.
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