The Royal Afghan Army - "Prussians of the Orient"

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  @MarkFeltonProductions · 5 years ago · pinned

  Two errors in the video - I mistakenly said Bhutan was part of China, obviously I meant Tibet, and I mislabelled the Afghan embassy in Berlin as 'Kabul'. Apologies!

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  @stormforge6838 · 5 years ago

  I was in Afghanistan from 2010-2011. I met a 73 year old man who had a picture on him from his time in service of the Royal Afghan Army. We spent about 30 minutes discussing his time in the service and mine.<br>It was very interesting and inciteful, he was very proud of that time.

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  @officierpolonais2367 · 5 years ago

  Afghan soldiers with german helmets, english rifles and french tanks!<br>This was already globalization!

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  @advanced2431 · 5 years ago

  I read in a book simply titled “The History of Afghanistan” that the reason the monarchy was not reinstated was because none of the Anti-Taliban politicians and warlords at the Bonn Agreement wanted to reinstate the monarchy. They felt the king was out of touch of the experience of the Afghan people due to his 40 year exile. Additionally they wanted a new weak government so their local power could be retained. The deal for a new government nearly collapsed but ultimately Karzai was chosen. He was chosen purely because he had no armed support on the ground and would not pose a threat to the power of the warlords. The current heir to the Afghan throne currently writes poetry in Alexandria, Virginia.

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  @Rayrard · 5 years ago

  Imagine the Afghan tanker&apos;s reaction when they replaced the WW1 era Renaults with T34-85&apos;s

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  @stephentokley4521 · 5 years ago

  My dad served on the Khyber Pass in 1946 - 47 and recalled seeing Afghan soldiers at the frontier

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  @commissarkordoshky219 · 5 years ago

  Like when I found out about the Chilean Purssian Army, I will never look at Afganistan the same way again

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  @saopro21 · 5 years ago

  I am Afghan and I want to personally thank your Mr. Felton for this video. I have lived in Afghanistan for most of my life and most of my family lived under the king. The people in my village and entourage always spoke very nostalgically of him, as if speaking of a benevolent god. He was revered and dearly loved. We all wept like kids when he died. Allah negoa conna Pacha Zahir Shah.

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  @vikingodin1986 · 5 years ago

  This is just a superior history channel with spot on narration

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  @MikoyanGurevichMiG21 · 5 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKBpTThDopY&amp;t=744">12:24</a> Imagine if the King was restored instead of the hesitant Karzai. History could have been so much different and peaceful in a comparative sense.

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  @bowdownbedwenches4563 · 5 years ago

  &quot;And we all know the outcome of that particular adventure.&quot;

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  @internetpleb4854 · 5 years ago

  They probably could have stood a better chance against the Taliban.

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