As the United States and the NATO allies accelerated their final withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban had recaptured state plots amid fears of the collapse of the government.
The US does not mean the first adiku state to jam in chaos and violence before finally withdrawing from the country dubbed the “kingdom grave” for good reasons.
The British Kingdom was against three wars in Afghanistan between 1839 and 1919.
The first Anglo-Afghan war saw a retreating British army diverted and slaughtered by Afghans in Hindu Kush’s winter snow in 1842 with 4,500 soldiers lost together with around 12,000 civilians , While the second Anglo-Afghan war was better for England between 1878 and 1880, the third Anglo-Afghanistan war in 1919 saw the Asian nation winning its independence.
When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan at the peak strength during the Cold War, they quickly became jammed against collective rebel groups known as the Mujahideen who received US support.
After suffering 14,453 military deaths and subsequently 53,753 soldiers were injured, the Soviet Union resigned from Afghanistan in defeat in 1989.
So far, 2,348 US troops have been killed in eternal operations, while 20,000 have been injured.
1.147 NATO troops are further lost there life there between 2001 and 2021.
The fate of the Afghan government for several weeks and the following months will eventually determine whether democracy survives or if the country returns to the ruling period of Taliban rules.
(Courtesy: Statista)
Explained: Why Afghanistan is called ‘Kingdom Grave’
