AFGHANISTAN
    Ah, Afghanistan - always conquered, never held.  The modern state (or, rather, "state") took shape in the 18th century under the Durrani dynasty.  Between then and the 1940s there may have been a few years in which no fighting occurred.  It may indeed be true that the last 25 years of the last king's reign comprised the longest period of peace since, oh, maybe before Alexander the Great.
My brief survey of Afghan history and coins for World Coin News (revised version)

AFGHANISTAN, Humayun Shah Durrani, 1793, silver  rupee, K129, 1207 AH (1793), Ahmadshahi (Qandahar), scratches, aG $65.00
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