Sad thing is they used to be a thriving nation waaay back in the day. They were know as Bactria, the most extended point of Hellenistic civilization, and a cross roads on the spice routes with Hindu culture during the BC and Chinese Buddist culture after that. Then the warlords took over and things spiraled downhill, only getting worse when Islam showed up. The country is full of old Greek style buildings and lots of buried gold and artifacts. They tend to blow them up as being un-islamic, just like those giant Buddhist statues. Sad really, but not our problem.
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