Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous, country located in the heart of Asia. Historically, it notoriously difficult to control invade and control--Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and the British Empire all came to grief there.

Afghanistan in "Black Tulip"
Afghanistan fell into its second civil war in 1978. Shortly after the war began, the Soviet Union sent military forces into Afghanistan to support the Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government against the Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to overthrow Communist rule.

In one battle, a dragon, slumbering for centuries, was wakened by the fighting. Enraged, the dragon slew an entire Soviet army.

Afghanistan in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Afghanistan was conquered by Nazi Germany sometime after World War II.

==Afghanistan in Worldwar Afghanistan was subdued by the Race's Conquest Fleet when it first arrived at Tosev 3 in 1942. This was a momentous occasion.