I. Introduction: The Graveyard of Empires In discussions of Afghanistan in today’s world, the assertion that the country is a “graveyard of empires” is often made. While the statement is correctly accepted as a caution against overconfident intervention by foreign powers in the region, the historical narrative behind this statement makes for much more interesting discussion. Its analysis also provides a large body of information that helps us to understand why the United States and company have faced so many major problems in their operations in Afghanistan. As I have researched...
Graeme Alderman
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