Province Quotes



3rd Viscount Palmerston. Afghanistan geographically is in a very strategic place, and for centuries major powers have wanted to either control it or have a very friendly government there. The highly independent Afghans are fierce fighters and have repulsed all the major powers who have tried to colonize it. The same independence makes governing the country very difficult, and there has not been a competent government that could control the country at any time in history.