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Multiple US casualties in Afghanistan after attack during military mission

528 views 9 replies 7 participants last post by  Yosemite Sam 
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Not sure I would say Alexander conquered Afghanistan---he headed that way in 330 BC and was dead in Babylon 7 years later.
His campaign did have a lasting effect from the hundreds of thousands of Greek and Macedonian soldiers he left there.

Interesting quote:

"The type of guerilla-style fighting that Alexander faced during the Afghan campaign was described centuries
later by the chronicler Plutarch, who compared Afghan tribesmen to a hydra-headed monster: as soon as
Alexander cut off one head, three more would grow back in its place."
 
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