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Egypt is said to have been "colonized" by British, due to being a British protectorate. Afghanistan was also a British protectorate from around 1880 to 1919. Why isn't Afghanistan described as being "colonized"? What made Egypt and Afghanistan different in terms of being a protectorate?

by /u/maproomzibz in /r/AskHistorians

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