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Never! This is their 4th attempt, British often come to Afghanistan after their last defeat to take revenge either taking over it foreign policy, during a line to divide the unconquerable Afghans via durand line, or creating Pakistan for being humiliated by the Afghans.

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2045. Seriously though, we never did colonise it. We did however occupy it on three separate occasion :-).

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It wasn't, although Britain controlled its foreign policy until 1919.

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