Will history repeat itself in Afghanistan? - British forces were defeated at the Battle of Maiwand in 1880

British military intervention in Afghanistan has a chequered history, making it easy to conclude that British forces will fail again. (A lone British survivor arrives in Jalalabad in 1842)

Why, then, did the British fail in Afghanistan in 1841, and will the same thing happen today?
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Past lessons

چرا پشتونها تحتِ شعارصلیبی قتل عام میشوند؟