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2017-03-08 Afghanistan

ISIS in Afghanistan release new distressing execution photos

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Posted by Fred 2017-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 Alexander couldn't conquer them. Brits couldn't conquer them. Russians couldn't conquer them. ISIS is gonna do it? Popcorn!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-08 00:57|| 2017-03-08 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 grom,

Alexander's conquests resulted in a Hellenic culture in that area for several hundred years. Some people credit (or blame) this culture for the current Afghani practice of older men taking young boys as playtoys. On the more wholesome side, the Buddhist Art that was done in the centuries after Alexander (including the ones that the Taliban destroyed) shows greek influence (when you see Buddha with a toga, blame Alexander).

Posted by lord garth 2017-03-08 15:07|| 2017-03-08 15:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Bactria, not Pashtunland.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-08 15:22|| 2017-03-08 15:22|| Front Page Top

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