Afghanistan- The Graveyard Of Empires

“There is no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war, except its ending.” -Abraham Lincoln

Afghan Tragedy

Afghanistan has been a battleground of nations for years. There is not much difference between the way the US is leaving the war-torn nation and the way the Soviet Union left almost three decades back.

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the year 1979 to install a Communist-led regime. Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985. By then the Soviet Union had been in Afghanistan for over five years and all their attempts to combat the Mujahideen, most of which were based in Pakistan had been complete a complete waste of time and resources. Soon after Mr Gorbachev took over, he knew in his heart that Soviet Union's quest was futile and in February 1986, he addressed the communist party and he said that Afghanistan has become a ‘bleeding wound’. Pakistan was not at all worried about the Soviet Union crossing the Durand line till the US is behind them. The Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan after 10 years of costly armed struggle against Afghan insurgents fully backed by the US, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia but soon after this Afghanistan sank…