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This chapter surveys Afghanistan’s political history from 1748 to NATO’s military intervention in 2001. The chapter describes the regional, geopolitical and social factors underlying the country’s lack of a stable, inclusive central government and concludes with a discussion of factors which have impeded efforts at Western type nation-building within the country.
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Lawless, G.J., Constantineau, P., Dizboni, A. (2017). A Very Brief History of Afghanistan. In: A Hermeneutic Analysis of Military Operations in Afghanistan. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60012-7_2
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