{"id":391261,"date":"2026-10-25T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-afghanistan-the-graveyard-of-empires\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T03:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:00:07","slug":"is-afghanistan-the-graveyard-of-empires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-afghanistan-the-graveyard-of-empires\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Afghanistan the graveyard of empires?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/nQv0WJvnQlY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Afghanistan the graveyard of empires?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQv0WJvnQlY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan has been a focus of centuries of war and occupation, from the British Empire to the Soviet Union and the United States. As that legacy complicates the entire region, CNN\u2019s Ivan Watson shares what CNN found by tracking abandoned US military equipment in Pakistan. Stream &quot;Meanwhile in Asia&quot; on the CNN app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan has been a focus of centuries of war and occupation, from the British Empire to the Soviet Union and the United States. As that legacy complicates the entire region, CNN\u2019s Ivan Watson shares what CNN found by tracking abandoned US military equipment in Pakistan. 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