This List Shows Why Afghanistan Is Called “The Graveyard of Empires”

The US is not the first major power to fail in Afghanistan and they probably won’t be the last

A photo of the rugged terrain of Afghanistan (Vladimir Lysenko / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)

Pundits, politicians and strategists around the world are currently trying to digest the stunning withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan after twenty years of warfare and occupation…