In the Foot Steps of ALEXANDER the GREAT - Travel To Afghanistan

Afghanistan, formally the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia. Its territory covers 652,000 km2 (252,000 sq mi), making it the 41st biggest nation in the world.
Human habitation in Afghanistan days back to the Middle Paleolithic Era, and the country's strategic location along the Silk Road attached it to the cultures of the Middle East and other parts of Asia. Through the ages the land has actually been the home of different folks and experienced countless military projects, especially by Alexander the Great, Muslim Arabs, Mongols, British, Soviet Russians, and in the modern-era by Western powers. The land likewise acted as the source from which the Kushans, Hephthalites, Samanids, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Khiljis, Mughals, Hotaks, Durranis, and others have risen to form major realms.
The political record of the modern state of Afghanistan began with the Hotak and Durrani empires in the 18th century. In the late 19th century, Afghanistan became a buffer state in the "Great Game" between British India and the Russian Empire. Following the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War, King Amanullah and King Mohammed Zahir Shah attempted innovation of the nation. A collection of stroke of genius in the 1970s was complied with by a Soviet infiltration and a series of civil battles that devastated much of the nation.
A landlocked hilly country with levels in the north and southwest, Afghanistan is otherwise referred to as liing within Central Asia  or South Asia. It is component of the US created Greater Middle East Muslim world, which exists between latitudes 29° N and 39° N, and longitudes 60° E and 75° E. The country's highest point is Noshaq, at 7,492 m (24,580 feet) over water level.