Afghanistan: Society, culture and policing
battle of narratives: hearts and minds
Afghanistan: the graveyard of empires and opportunitiesWhenever you hear the name of Afghanistan, the first picture that comes to your mind is the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and years of civil war, unrest and a complete lack of civilization. A picture that shows nothing but the stories of historical battles of Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi, Babur Shah, Alexander of Macedonia, Temor Lane, and many others, and not to forget, the Anglo-Afghan wars and the defeat of the former Soviet Union. It is a very rare occurrence that you would speak to an Afghan and they don’t start telling you the history of Afghanistan’s long and distinguished wars and conquests often with a gleeful and proud spark in their eyes. The stories of their nation; the graveyard of empires. 
