Got to give the old fashioned Afghanis credit for tending the graves of the Brits because they were seen as honorable adversaries, AND they brought nifty guns, nice cloths and ever so much ammo.
Time is fast approaching for the balloon to go up on the final game of Cowboys and Muslims. Alexander the Great marched in, got an arrow in his shoulder and was married to a nasty termagant wife, Afghani, of course.
Only the American forces were in control, and that was because we simply destroyed from above instead of doing the ground conquering bit.
“Roach Motel”. Absolutely!