Question

Markandey Katju
Nobody can conquer the Afghans
I had a grand uncle (my father's mother's brother ) Dr SN
Kaul, who had been a medical doctor in the British army
when India was under British rule. He had been on
deputation as an Assistant Political Officer posted on the
North Western Frontier
Dr Kaul told me that one day he saw his boss, the British
Political Officer, giving some money, as a bribe, to a tribal
Afghan chief. He later asked his boss why the mighty
British Empire with its great prestige had to do such a low
thing as giving bribes to such ragtag people. Does it
behove the British? Why not just conquer them, the way
other parts of India had been conquered by the British ?
The boss replied "Kaul, these people can never be
conquered. It's just the way they are. Alexander the Great
tried it, then the Mughals, and then we British. We all
failed. When we invaded Afghanistan in 1839 our entire
army was wiped out So out of bitter experience we learnt
that the best way to deal with them is to bribe them, while
maintaining our distance
The Russians invaded Afghanistan with great fanfare in
1979, but departed hastily with their tails under their legs
in 1989 after suffering thousands of casualties. The
Americans invaded in 2001, and are now unceremoniously
exiting, after suffering over 2300 casualties. One wishes
they had learnt from the experience of the British
One must admire the spirit of liberty in a poor people who
faced some of the mightiest Empires in the world, but
death to subluation. It has truly been said​

Answer 1

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Yes it has been truly said