The country has a long history of suffering from foreign intervention which has racked the country in conflict and suffering. From the Russian invasion in December 1979 to the US led intervention after 9/11 in 2001 and 20 years of conflict. An estimated 180,000 people have died in the wars- almost a third of them civilians.
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