The US really wanted to build the pipeline from central asia to the sub-continent/arabian sea. This was a strategic goal that could have freed the central asian oil/gas out of the Russian and Chinese monopoly.
The problem is that no western multinational company has the ability to take casualties and work in war zones. One really has to wonder what would have happened to the US-Afghan war if these trade/oil route had been built? Had the west been able to provide adequate employment to the youth which joined the insurgency things could have been different.
These are the strategic low hanging fruit that can return immediate benefits and can help end the insurgency in afghanistan:
1) central asia arabian sea pipeline
2) central asia arabian sea rail link
3) Iran Pakistan pipeline
5) Pakistan, Iran, Oman, Yemen and Africa rail link
6) Reopening of the Pakistan steel mill with guarantee that iron ore will be taken from Balochistan and Afghanistan - doubt that china will be interested since they have large scale steel manufacturing in china.
The problem is that no western multinational company has the ability to take casualties and work in war zones. One really has to wonder what would have happened to the US-Afghan war if these trade/oil route had been built? Had the west been able to provide adequate employment to the youth which joined the insurgency things could have been different.
These are the strategic low hanging fruit that can return immediate benefits and can help end the insurgency in afghanistan:
1) central asia arabian sea pipeline
2) central asia arabian sea rail link
3) Iran Pakistan pipeline
5) Pakistan, Iran, Oman, Yemen and Africa rail link
6) Reopening of the Pakistan steel mill with guarantee that iron ore will be taken from Balochistan and Afghanistan - doubt that china will be interested since they have large scale steel manufacturing in china.