The Afghanistan nation-state came into existence in 1746 under the Durrani Empire, but control was ceded to Britain until King Amanullah ascended to the throne in 1919.

1746年，杜兰尼帝国（Durrani Empire）成立阿富汗民族国家，但是到1919年Amanullah国王即位时，主权割让给了英国。

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As a goodwill gesture, the liberal government of King Amanullah Khan reciprocated by allowing Italy also a kingdom at the time to host a Christian place of worship within the grounds of its embassy in Kabul.

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His grandfather, he says, was a host of the country's reformist leader, King Amanullah Khan, after it gained independence from the British in 1919, and imported fuel, cooking oil, foods, technical equipment and construction materials from Iran and the Soviet Union.

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