Eh?
It seemed full of kooky characters and kooky behaviors, like Kipling was writing it on an imaginative lark. So I couldn't even trust that it was giving an accurate view into those places and that time. If I were able to trust it, then I would be able to say that it seems that Afghanistan has always had rough terrain and fighting.
I was made to memorize Kipling's poem "If" when I was a boy, and found it quite amazing. So I expected more from my first other Kipling.
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