Now you can see the steel structure called the caste system of Hindus. As long as (and it was very long period in the world history for hundered of years) there was Hinduism in Afganisthan, it was powerful , prosperous trading centre and the entry point to India, Gandhara (present Kandhahar) was a beautiful place where peace reigned and culture and art took the first place. Once Buddhism came ,destroying Hinduism and its steel frame , gone was the strenght , to face the attacking tribals and Isamic war lords from middle east. It was easy for them to convert all these Buddhists to Islam. And then the present state of anarchy,disease and poverty. Mind you still there are about 0.5% of Hindus in this country. Their most ancient museum was destroyed,Buddha statues were blown up. Agriculture ,art and culture were gone and only opium,ganja cultivation started and traded. Afaganisthan , in some areas people cut grass ,boil and eat. It has become destination for all smugglers. supplier of smugglers as well. In India Islam went to peak,ruled the entire country and yet as you may know , went in to defence to protect its religion let alone converting the Hindus. They could not answer the Bhakti cult and as a reply they had to bring forth the Sufi saints. Sufisim was the result of Hindu Bhakti cult. And actually Islam in India absobed many Hindu ideas,family systems,eating habits and dressing for women and men. Whereas Buddhism in Afganistan went into a tailspin.
