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Re:The Jet that Ate the Pentagon by dabeeeenster on Monday May 07, 2012 @06:32AM (#3938418)
It's more like 70 years of failed occupation...
Re:The Jet that Ate the Pentagon by bergie on Monday May 07, 2012 @06:56AM (#3938473)
It is even longer than that. The first British adventure there was in mid 19th century:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War