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While Afghanistan has suffered a tremendous period of economic hardship and a humanitarian crisis resulting from multiple factors, including but not limited to political turmoil and persistent conflicts through the late 20th and 21st centuries, this is a more recent devastating chapter in a much longer peaceful history.  The culture of Afghanistan has persisted for centuries, and its location at the cross section of Central, South and Western Asia has made it a hub of diversity.  Afghanistan was once coined the “roundabout of the ancient world.”