Afghanistan announces start of $10b TAPI gas pipeline project

[Dalit]

You don't select your leadeship - it comes pre-selected and pre-installed for you.

What are you going to do with the American sponsored pipeline? When I look at TAPI it has to cross Pakistan... Your enemy number 1. Is this even possible?

 

[hyperman]

We don’t need strong leadership, we need a sensible leadership. A stupid strong leadership like we saw with IK is a disaster in the making

What did he do that was stupid? Tell the US govt they couldn't bomb Afghanistan through Pakistani airspace and refuse them bases?

Or trying to expand relations with China, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Malaysia. etc? which seems to have upset some benefactor of the Mir Jafar's in place.

Don't you think its embarrassing that a low tier state dept official can command your ambassador to be an errand boy to you Army COAS, giving an order to him to depose your elected prime minister?

is this the "sensible leadership"? being a slave?

Pakistan really is turning into a joke. The sad part is that the state had so much potential to be something special.

 

[Khansaheeb]

it is a cool project if it works out

Why are they including India , the supply should stop in Pakistan. pakistani demand and consumption for the gas should be enough to meet the supply.

 

[Pataliputra]

The issue isn't necessarily China but India blocking, and unfortunately Pakistan being a bit of a joke right now on the world stage unfortunately.

Little Bangladesh now has a bigger economy than Pakistan these days, and the leadership of the country is a bunch of Mir Jaffers. There are a lot of things Pakistan needs to fix.

Once Bangladesh and Afghanistan join BRICS, India, Iran, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan will ensure that Pakistan never gains entry. China alone won’t be able to get Pakistan into BRICS.

 

[pikku]

You are misinformed. India is not interested in the project. They fear Pakistan will halt the gas supply in case of a conflict or a deterioration of bilateral relations.

India isn't interested in implementing the project but India won't have a problem taking the supply on delivery basis.

 

[PakFactor]

Why are they including India , the supply should stop in Pakistan. pakistani demand and consumption for the gas should be enough to meet the supply.

The Afghans want to earn some hard currency, not IOUs. It makes business sense to deal with someone who's financially stable. Let's not forget that, internationally, the Indians have more pull.

 

[PakFactor]

What did he do that was stupid? Tell the US govt they couldn't bomb Afghanistan through Pakistani airspace and refuse them bases?

Or trying to expand relations with China, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Malaysia. etc? which seems to have upset some benefactor of the Mir Jafar's in place.

Don't you think its embarrassing that a low tier state dept official can command your ambassador to be an errand boy to you Army COAS, giving an order to him to depose your elected prime minister?

is this the "sensible leadership"? being a slave?

Pakistan really is turning into a joke. The sad part is that the state had so much potential to be something special.

The last 77 years have been squandered without capitalizing on any advantages. We acquired only military equipment, not securing economic pacts or international investments. We sold ourselves very cheaply. We failed to shift the gravity towards ourselves. The irony is that we did all they asked, and the beneficiary was our next-door neighbor who did nothing to please the US.

 

[hyperman]

Once Bangladesh and Afghanistan join BRICS, India, Iran, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan will ensure that Pakistan never gains entry. China alone won’t be able to get Pakistan into BRICS.

lolwut?

Afghanistan is not going to join BRICS.

And why would Bangladesh block? the only one blocking is India. lol

 

[hyperman]

The irony is that we did all they asked, and the beneficiary was our next-door neighbor who did nothing to please the US.

Thats usually how it works. lol, I don't know of a single US client state that has prospered. They dump you when you outlive your use. The lesson here is that one should prioritize their own interests instead of being servants, and shouldn't let their leadership become dependent on foreign powers, like the way they have kleptocratic Pakistani leaders with foreign assets abroad dependent.

 

[nahtanbob]

Thats usually how it works. lol, I don't know of a single US client state that has prospered. They dump you when you outlive your use. The lesson here is that one should prioritize their own interests instead of being servants, and shouldn't let their leadership become dependent on foreign powers, like the way they have kleptocratic Pakistani leaders with foreign assets abroad dependent.

Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Germany are all prospered

 

[Pataliputra]

lolwut?

Afghanistan is not going to join BRICS.

And why would Bangladesh block? the only one blocking is India. lol

It's true that memories of the atrocities carried out by Pakistan in Bangladesh are fading with time, and now Bangladesh seeks to maintain relations with Pakistan as with any other normal country. However, Bangladesh's relationship with Pakistan will never come at the expense of its strong ties with India. Bangladesh has nothing to gain from Pakistan joining BRICS, and if they support Pakistan, it could certainly harm their relations with India. As for Iran and Afghanistan, they are unlikely to vote for Pakistan for obvious reasons.

 

[Pataliputra]

Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Germany are all prospered

Pakistan has long been a playground for international powers. In the 1990s, during the opium war in Afghanistan, it was the US and NATO that funded the rise of Islamism in Pakistan. Now, this ideology has grown into a monster that even the Pakistani establishment struggles to control. The situation is further complicated by Pakistan's hostile relations with India and Afghanistan, both of whom are using the same Islamic groups within Pakistan against it. The country is in a complete and irreversible mess, as Islamism has now merged with ethnic disputes. Breaking Pakistan, much like in 1971, seems to be the only way out of this crisis.

 

[Khansaheeb]

India isn't interested in implementing the project but India won't have a problem taking the supply on delivery basis.

And how will India get the gas without Pakistan playing ball?

 

[FHN]

I haven't seen Russia invest a penny in Afghanistan. And as for China, thus far its only MOU's. The only country actually giving charity to afghani today is Iran.

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Not really maybe they can build a pipeline from Turkmenistan to China. China provided countless humanitarian aids to Afghanistan.

 

[hyperman]

Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Germany are all prospered

Well South Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, several South American junta states didn't

Also Most of those you mentioned are not really client states, they are a lot more sovereign and not completely dependent on the whims of the US, the way those states were, Iraq for example is forced to keep oil revenue from its own in the US federal reserve, based on a 2003 scheme the US set up when it installed the puppet client state in Iraq, you also add in all the leadership that was placed to run the state and you see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

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