Afghanistan has recently become the focus of great attention. As a result of the overthrow of the previous regime in the country, there is now a new regime. In fact, both the current Afghan regime and the previously overthrown Afghan regime seem to be associated with a war that the United States has waged in Afghanistan. It is said that the United States attacked Afghanistan because there have been three wars in the history of Afghanistan, and three different countries have attacked Afghanistan. What happened recently in Afghanistan was the idea of the United States. Let's look now at the situation of the three countries that have invaded Afghanistan, and one of them is worse than the other.

Let's take a look at a general introduction to Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a landlocked country in Western Asia, bordering Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China and Iran; with a total area of 64.75 million square kilometers, mainly plateaus and rugged mountainous terrain; and a population of 32.9 million, mainly Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Turkmens and more than 20 ethnic groups. Pashtuns make up 40 per cent of the population and Ethnic Tajiks make up 25 per cent of the population, the two most dominant ethnic groups in Afghanistan; the country is rich in natural gas, coal, salt, chromium, iron, copper, mica and emeralds. That is the general situation in Afghanistan.
Geographical map of Afghanistan
If we look here, we can see why so many great powers are invading Afghanistan. First, the geographical location is important, it can be said that it is in the central Asian region, east and west, the north can enter many countries; the country is easy to defend, occupying here has a great advantage, posing a certain threat to other countries; third, rich in resources, any country needs; and finally the complexity of ethnic groups, so domestic ethnic contradictions and conflicts, which is why many countries can take the opportunity to infiltrate.
Of course, while there are many benefits here, not all countries have the capacity to do so. That is why it has historically been the occupation of Afghanistan by great powers. But while these countries are strong, they do not have much impact on Afghanistan. Every country that occupies Afghanistan ends in failure. For this reason, Afghanistan is also known as the necropolis of great powers. Now let's look at what happened to all the great powers that occupied Afghanistan.
The first is Britain, the first major country in modern times to invade Afghanistan. From 1838 to 1919, and in 81 years, the British invaded Afghanistan three times, and countless minor wars occurred. Let's take a look at this era, where the UK is at the peak of its most powerful. Britain is the world's dominant power, accounting for a quarter of the world's territory, and is an invincible existence compared to any other country. But even the invincible Britain was helpless in the face of Afghanistan.
In short, the British invasion of Afghanistan is not just a problem for Afghanistan itself, but also for Russia and Russia. At that time, Russia and Russian troops continued south, occupying most of Central Asia and posing a threat to Britain. Russia and Russia's tentacles now extend to Afghanistan, as southern Afghanistan is British territory and Britain's most important Indian colony will be exposed to Russia and Russia. Once Russia occupies Afghanistan, the consequences are unimaginable. It was with this in mind that Britain aggressively invaded Afghanistan.
In 1838, Britain invaded Afghanistan for the first time. This time, 16,500 British officers and men were basically annihilated, although the British army later took revenge, but immediately after the revenge, they retreated, fearing complete annihilation; in 1878, the British army invaded Afghanistan for the second time. But this time it failed. Britain controlled Afghan diplomacy. In 1919, Afghanistan began to oppose Britain, because China's power declined sharply in World War I, and the first nonviolent movement broke out in India. Britain was ultimately unlikely to recognize Afghanistan's independence. In this way, Afghanistan was completely free from British control.
The UK ended up doing better than the first two countries. With the exception of the first invasion of Afghanistan and the annihilation of all its personnel, casualties were rare in other cases. And Britain hasn't invested much in Afghanistan, so it doesn't have much influence over the country. After all, Britain is in its heyday, and losses are nothing to Britain. Britain remains the world's hegemon. The other two countries were not as lucky as the UK.
Second, look at the Soviet Union, the second great power to invade Afghanistan. Many people knew about the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, but not many knew about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and withdrew all troops from Afghanistan in 1989, a full decade of Soviet presence in Afghanistan. This time it won't be as long as the Americans have been in Afghanistan, but it won't be short either.
On December 24, 1979, Christmas Eve, Soviet troops began to attack Afghanistan. Seriously, the Soviet Union really didn't pick a day, it was Christmas Eve, and you did that, obviously causing resentment in other countries. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan because it had the upper hand in the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union launched a global strategic offensive, and the United States began a strategic contraction. Afghanistan had always belonged to the Soviet bloc, but relations with the Soviet Union deteriorated, so the Soviet Union supported many puppet regimes. By 1979, however, the Soviets thought it would be better to occupy the country directly. It is now so powerful that no one dares to provoke it.
Of course, the Soviet Union could easily occupy Afghanistan, and the Afghan army was not a rival to the Soviet army. But it is difficult to control Afghanistan. The Soviet Union lost not only a lot of money, but also a lot of troops.
Over a 10-year period, the Soviet Union invested 1.5 million troops in the War of Afghanistan, causing more than 50,000 casualties. Second, the Soviet Union invested more than 45 billion rubles in the war, which seriously weakened the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, though powerful, did not have a high standard of living, and if the money had been used to improve the lives of its people, the Soviet Union might have achieved different results; third, because of its strength, the Soviet Union began to be at a disadvantage in the struggle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union. Finally, it had a serious negative impact on the international image of the USSR. In the second year of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, nearly half of the world's countries were reluctant to participate in the Moscow Olympics because of the war. Many countries blamed the Soviet Union for invading Afghanistan and what it did. The United Nations has been demanding the withdrawal of Soviet troops. In this invasion, the influence of the Soviet Union on the international stage was indeed the lowest.
It can be said that the invasion of Afghanistan had a huge impact on the Soviet Union. Many even said that the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union had a lot to do with the war. After all, war has shaken the convictions of many.
Finally, look at the United States, which still has a military presence in Afghanistan. In 2001, the United States attacked Afghanistan under the pretext of counterterrorism. In fact, it is not excluded that the United States is indeed anti-terrorism, but more importantly, counter-terrorism is only a pretext, and the United States still wants to occupy this important place in Afghanistan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States was the only superpower. The Soviet economy was booming, and the United States was essentially at its peak as it entered the 21st century. That's why the United States wants to show its influence in Afghanistan. But the result of this disclosure is that the United States has fallen into a trap and has not yet escaped.
The war cost the United States $2 trillion and continues to grow; in addition to that money, more than 2,300 U.S. soldiers were killed in the war in Afghanistan. It can be said that the United States has never been able to achieve its strategic goals, seriously weakening its national strength. Of course, compared to the Soviet Union, the United States did not lose much in this war.
This is the result of the aggression against three countries in Afghanistan, the United Kingdom arguably the smallest and the Soviet Union the largest. Everyone knows how important Afghanistan is, but it never occurred to them that Afghanistan belonged to the Afghan people and not to other great powers. But that doesn't mean you can force your way in here. As I have said before, the terrain is complex and the ethnic composition is complex. No matter who you are, you can't control this place. In the final analysis, it will always be the Afghan people who will win.