> Over the past 200 years, the British, Soviet, and American empires have all failed to pacify Afghanistan. Probably the Mongols and Alexander the Great struggled too, I need to dig into the history of those campaigns for more specifics.

I recommend checking out this thread, as the whole Afghanistan = Graveyard of empires meme only applies to quite recent history.

https://twitter.com/Alex_Khaleeli/status/1425608335726940166...