[dcwusmc]

Care to name a western power that DIDN’T? I’m waiting.

[SoCal Pubbie]

That wasn’t the contention of the original post, was it?

[SoCal Pubbie]

Furthermore, Greece is part of Western civilization, and Alexander defeated the Afghan armies and ruled Afghanistan from 329- 326 BC, founding the city of Kandahar in the process.

All told, the country has been overrun by the Persians, Alexander, Medes, the Achaemenid Empire (both Persian), the Mauryans and Greco-Bactrians, Huns, Arabs, and Mongols.