WHY AFGHANISTAN IS CALLED 'GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES'
The United States is a superpower and Russia is no less than its western rival but the commonality both the rivals share in Afghanistan will never bring glee to their mighty military empire --both their forces were thrown out of the Afghan soil with the great defeat and besides the passing of decades, nothing has changed in Afghanistan as the war-torn country has proven that it won't be in a store of dominance possessed by these two powers. Be it rebels, extremists, long-stretching mountain ranges, and irking climate, the dream of foreign forces in winning Afghanistan has been dissipated and ruined. For global empires with military prowess, governing Afghanistan has always been an ordeal and despite deploying overwhelming cavalry and arsenal, the powerful countries have faced a big blow, making them eventually flee the territory without accomplishing their mission. This historical tendency that foreign powers fail in their invasions of Afghanistan had brought the country the bynam