At 10:37 AM 9/25/01 +1000 Russell Chapman wrote:
>The East India company and the Russians may have failed, but plenty of others
>have succeeded - the trick is to achieve your objectives and get out - leave
>Afghanistan to the Afghans. The Raj who invaded to curb the Afghan raids into
>India succeeded in going in and rooting out the raiders, but didn't make the
>mistake of trying to install a government.
Indeed, didn't the Mongols succeed in controling Afghanistan?
JDG
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