Quote Originally Posted by Steve the Planner View Post
Although I haven't quantified it, I would guess that most of what now constitutes Afghanistan has been under occupancy or foreign dominion more than it has been "free."
Exactly and if you also consider that the many of the residents of the geographic area known as Afghanistan have 73 higher loyalties (to tribe, family, etc) before even considering themselves possibly citizens of Afghanistan, the conquering of the country is largely moot...I wonder if many of the tribes at the time got the memo that they had been conquered by India...?