ho concentrated more on agriculture and cattle herding than on any type of warfare. So, why then offer them this very beneficial arrangement? The reasoning behind this was the fact that Afghanistan was on the edge of the Achaemenid Empire with hostiles to the North and East, and the region offered very little monetary benefit to the future of the empire. By receiving what little tribute the Afghans could muster, and by stationing a small garrison at Capisa, just north of what is now Kabul, the Achaemenids would have what would seem as two additional provinces to the empire, but if trouble came from the north or east, then they would have lost very little. To some, Afghanistan seemed to be a land with mighty warriors with a barren, unforgiving terrain. To others, Afghanistan was a land with people of a farming nature in hostile territory. In any sense, the Achaemenids made the best out of a bad situation, but Afghanistan was never truly under Persian rule. They merely paid lip service to the king at Persepolis.
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