The Sadozai monarchy ruled the Afghan Durrani Empire, considered the founding state of modern Afghanistan. Prehistory · Maurya Empire · Indo-Parthians · Kushans

Afghanistan is a landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia. Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern ...

Afghanistan was settled around 7000 B.C. and has been in transition for most of its history. Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan in 330 B.C. and brought ...

At the gateway between Asia and Europe, this land was conquered by Darius I of Babylonia circa 500 B.C., and Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 329 B.C., ...

The modern state of Afghanistan began with the Durrani Afghan Empire in the 18th century, although Dost Mohammad Khan is sometimes considered to be the founder ...

History of Afghanistan. Afghanistan was settled at least 50,000 years ago. Early cities such as Mundigak and Balkh sprang up around 5,000 years ago; they likely ...

A crossroads between South Asia and Central Asia, both its settled and nomadic peoples, and its rich traditions of Zoroastrianism, Hellenism, Buddhism, and ...

In the 6th century bce the Achaemenian ruler Cyrus II (the Great) established his authority over the area. Darius I (the Great) consolidated Achaemenian ...

After 40 years of violent conflict, food insecurity, droughts, earthquakes and poverty, Afghani children and families now face one of the worst humanitarian ...

9 сент. 2019 г. · 1838-42 - British forces invade, install King Shah Shujah. · 1878-80 - Second Anglo-Afghan War. · 1919 - Emir Amanullah Khan declares independence ...