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The mountainous heart of central Asia
Squeezed between China, the Indian subcontinent, and Iran, Afghanistan has always been a geographic and cultural crossroads. For centuries, merchants, pilgrims, soldiers, and refugees have come from all directions, lugging their ethnic traditions over the mountain passes. Many of history's greatest conquerors came, too--and not for the flatbread.
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