<story><title>Afghanistan in the 1950s and 60s</title><url>http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/07/afghanistan-in-the-1950s-and-60s/100544/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rtpg</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s amazing how much a country can regress due to bullshit pulled by major powers. While I know that &amp;quot;why can&amp;#x27;t we all get along&amp;quot; is a tired trope, it disappoints me that we can&amp;#x27;t avoid completely halting a nation&amp;#x27;s progress for 60 years almost.&lt;p&gt;Like when you hear how India was on track to become a major industrialized nation until the British decided to turn it into the world&amp;#x27;s biggest piece of farmland.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mseebach</author><text>&amp;gt; Like when you hear how India was on track to become a major industrialized nation until the British decided to turn it into the world&amp;#x27;s biggest piece of farmland.&lt;p&gt;British rule in India started in 1612. The industrial revolution started in Britain in 1760 at the earliest. India certainly suffered from british rule, but this is a stretch.</text></comment>
<story><title>Afghanistan in the 1950s and 60s</title><url>http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/07/afghanistan-in-the-1950s-and-60s/100544/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rtpg</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s amazing how much a country can regress due to bullshit pulled by major powers. While I know that &amp;quot;why can&amp;#x27;t we all get along&amp;quot; is a tired trope, it disappoints me that we can&amp;#x27;t avoid completely halting a nation&amp;#x27;s progress for 60 years almost.&lt;p&gt;Like when you hear how India was on track to become a major industrialized nation until the British decided to turn it into the world&amp;#x27;s biggest piece of farmland.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>OhHeyItsE</author><text>&amp;gt;Like when you hear how India was on track to become a major industrialized nation until the British decided to turn it into the world&amp;#x27;s biggest piece of farmland.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s quite a bomb you just threw there.  Source?</text></comment>