=====About Afghanistan=====
Above all else, Afghanistan is a concourse nation. 

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Even with peripheral regions that have border-to-border interfaces, the shortest way between many points in those two regions may well be through Afghanistan. Major powers tend to take the path of least resistance wherever they want to go. 

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[[Overview of Afghan Conflict|{{:overvieq_of_afghan_conflict.png?200|}}]]
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[[https://www.thirteen.org/edonline/accessislam/timeline.html|Timeline for Afghanistan]]

[[Roggio statistics]]

[[https://www.longwarjournal.org/mapping-taliban-control-in-afghanistan|Roggio's interactive maps.]]

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