Like the Persian and Mughal Empires it sits between, Afghanistan is an Islamic nation and does not take kindly to Ottoman conquest of surrounding regions.Įven if it manages to secure its independence from Persia, it will often eventually fall to the expansionist Maratha Confederacy, which seeks to push Islam out of the Indian subcontinent and expand west into Europe.Īfghanistan rebelled against Safavid Persia to create its own nation in 1709. Since Persia's capital is located in the European theatre, the faction is destroyed if all its provinces in Europe are taken, after which Afghanistan automatically becomes independent.
Most often it emerges when all other regions controlled by Persia are captured (during the Ottoman campaign for instance). Oddly, the region of Baluchistan, located directly to the south, is instead placed within the European theatre.
The region of Afghanistan is located on the very periphery of the Indian theatre.
