Overview of Afghanistan: History

Afghanistan was created as a nation in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani, with its capital at Kandahar. The country has a long history of warfare, mostly against invaders such as Alexander of Macedon, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Persians, and the British. Read More »

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Overview of Afghanistan: History is based on Afghanistan by Ganesh Rao, Ryan Holliday, Gregg Davis, D. Guillaime, Globe-trotter, Felix505, Pashley, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.