Share some interesting Afg History that people may not know.

[randolph85]

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karzai was rescued by hekmatyar when he was put in prison by the northern alliance in the 90s.

abdur rahman khan didn't want to build railroads in afghanistan because he thought the country would be easily invaded in the event of war he if did.

ottoman royalty was linked to afghan royalty by marriage.

germany and the ottoman empire dispatched delegations to afghanistan to convince it to break its neutrality and fight the british during ww1.

ok, go

[MostafaM]

Sayyaf and Amin are closely related. Thats why Sayyaf was one of the guys released from prison in an amnesty during Amin´s reign.

Sayyaf fled Afghanistan the very same day.

[Admin Khan]

Ahmad shah baba Abdali once had the Kohinoor in his possession in Kandahar. Now the Queen of England rocks this jewel as if it originated from Edinburgh or something.

[MostafaM]

During the Soviet occupation from 1979-1989 the KGB guided the Parcham faction and the military intelligence of the Army GRU the Khalq faction.

There was a deep rift between these two intelligence agencies with diverging interests.

[JattApache]

Abdur Rahman sold me to the Brits

Sad, but true

[asad71]

1.Bchha i Saqa, a water carrier was used by the British Intel to incite the religious bigots into exiling Amanullah Shah. The progressive views of King Amanullah had worried the British who preferred a more compliant Gen Nadir Shah to be put on the throne.

2. Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, a Benglaee, was the only top political leaders who was not a stooge of the British. A true patriot, he was marginalized by the Indian Congress and chose to take up arms against the British in WW II. His contacts in Pakhtunistan and Afghanistan helped him to escape to Kabul from where the Italian Embassy arranged for him to be taken to Germany to meet Hitler. The freedom-loving Afghans went all out to protect him from British secret agents in Kabul, and provided him the traditional Afghan hospitality. From Germany he traveled to Japan in a submarine. He organized and led the INA (Indian National Army) which fought the British in Burma.

[Afghanistan2010]

All socalled leaders of Afghanistan from 1900 til 1996 not worth mentioning.
They were thieves,rapists,criminals and murderer.

[khushal]

Abdur Rahman sold me to the Brits

how could you even cede your rights to another for him to sell you. you only have that right. If you were sold it is because you allowed it.

[khushal]

Sad, but true

what does a hindu know about afghanistan, you dont even know your own history.

[JattApache]

1.Bchha i Saqa, a water carrier was used by the British Intel to incite the religious bigots into exiling Amanullah Shah. The progressive views of King Amanullah had worried the British who preferred a more compliant Gen Nadir Shah to be put on the throne.

2. Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, a Benglaee, was the only top political leaders who was not a stooge of the British. A true patriot, he was marginalized by the Indian Congress and chose to take up arms against the British in WW II. His contacts in Pakhtunistan and Afghanistan helped him to escape to Kabul from where the Italian Embassy arranged for him to be taken to Germany to meet Hitler. The freedom-loving Afghans went all out to protect him from British secret agents in Kabul, and provided him the traditional Afghan hospitality. From Germany he traveled to Japan in a submarine. He organized and led the INA (Indian National Army) which fought the British in Burma.

Well, chandra bose wanted the independance of india, but he had made wrong choices
I more appreciate the peaceful attitude of mahatma gandhi

[khushal]

The Hindu Kush is calculated to be the geographic center of population of the world.

[khushal]

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karzai was rescued by hekmatyar when he was put in prison by the northern alliance in the 90s.

The irony is that the driver that rescued Karzai died in CIA torture center.
Karzai is working for the people that detained his rescuer and died under their watch and his allies are the people that imprisoned him.

[badmash_khel]

The Hindu Kush is calculated to be the geographic center of population of the world.

what does this mean?

[khushal]

what does this mean?

geographic center of the world's population ... the place in the world that is closest, on average, to every person in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_population

[asad71]

Well, chandra bose wanted the independance of india, but he had made wrong choices
I more appreciate the peaceful attitude of mahatma gandhi

Perhaps the only principled man in the Indian political leadership today is Jaswant Singh. An Artillery Regt officer and a proud Rajput he has written a very courageous and insightful book on Jinnah. According to him - and he proves it, the entire lot of Congress leadership including Gandhi and Nehru were collaborators of the British Raj.