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THE GREAT GAME OF AFGHANISTAN AND ITS RELEVANCE WITH INDIA

                                                                                                          AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan  officially the  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , is a mountainous landlocked  at the crossroads of central  and south asia  . Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan  , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan  to the north; and China to the northeast. Occupying 652,000 square kilometers kabul  is the capital and largest city. Its population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic pashtuns , Tajikis , Hazaras , and Uzbeks The Great Game " was a political and diplomatic confrontation that existed for most of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century between the british empire when they invaded india  and the russian empire , over Afghanistan  Britain was fearful of Russia invading India to increase its reach to have its maritime borders in the indian oceans bu   add to the va