Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in south central Asia between Iran and the Indian civilization. The region was historically the crossroads between West, Central, South, and East Asia and served as the frontier of Alexander the Great's empire in 330 BCE upon his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire.
Although various peoples including the Iranians, the , the Greeks, the , and the settled and forged kingdoms in the region over the millennia, the modern nation of the Afghans did not arise until 1709 with the . Subsequently, the country was embroiled in a between the European empires of Russia and the United Kingdom during the reign of the in the 19th century. As a result of the Afghans' fierce resistance in the First Anglo-Afghan War, the state developed a reputation as the "unconquerable" "graveyard of empires", a status it would carry into successive centuries to the present day.
==History==
===Barakzai dynasty===
In 1839, the Emirate of Afghanistan was invaded by the British East India Company under the auspices of the Governor-General of India, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland in what would be the first of three Anglo-Afghan Wars. Although the technologically superior British expected a swift and decisive conquest, the conflict proved to be a bloodbath.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – Database: The First Anglo-Afghan War
Simultaneously, the expedition also served as a medium through which the British Rite of the Templar Order could uncover more Isu sites in their quest for power. This was the chief motivation of Major General William Sleeman in capturing the Citadel of Herat in 1841, having located a Precursor temple beneath it through a Precursor box.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Enemy Revealed An attempt by the Assassin Arbaaz Mir of the Indian Brotherhood to thwart his discovery in the midst of an Afghan attempt to retake the castle failed when he was captured by Sleeman's troops.Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India – The Silent AssistAssassin's Creed Chronicles: India – What Lies Beneath
Regardless, the First Anglo-Afghan War ended in the catastrophic destruction of the British Army during a retreat from the capital city of Kabul to Jalalabad led by Major General William Elphinstone. The future Templar Cavanagh was serving as a corporal in this detachment at the time but deserted a day into the conflict alongside Colonel Walter Lavelle to ensure his own survival.Assassin's Creed: Underworld
===Modern times===
Following the by US forces in 2001, life continued on for the country's citizens. In February 2009, children were photographed gathering firewood as US Army soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the conducted missions in the area in support of .Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Rifts: Cluster 10
==Gallery==
ACB - Afghan children carting firewood.jpg|Afghan children carting firewood, 2009
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 
*Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India 
*Assassin's Creed: Underworld
*Echoes of History 
==References==
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