US senators introduce bill for duty-free economic zones along Pak-Afghan border

[Vapnope]

This is a fantastic news something that was much needed. It will be up to Afghanistan and Pakistan to capitalize on it.

 

[Dalit]

dude Your economy was about to collapse until IMF gave you $6 billion.

US has poured close to $100 billion of free money in your country ever since ur independence
Chinese have only given u loans on the ports that they are gona use and sent their workers whose salary you pay from those loans...

LOL Did Obama tell you that? Stop believing in lies. All your country has done is bribe. From top to bottom. Finally people are waking up to your deception. You can never replace China.

 

[dbc]

20 YEARS OF WAR IS MORE THAN HYPOALLERGENIC. Has the US invested anywhere without nasty side effects?

Yes Germany, S.Korea, Japan , Italy,Taiwan and Pakistan. Pick the odd potato in this bushel.

 

[Adecypher]

Whoever is supporting and have a belief that IMF and world bank are designed to help any third world Country to come out from their financial misery and eventually stand on their feet should watch the video below...”Confessions of a Economic Hitman” duh

 

[CriticalThinker02]

Yes but this is a hypoallergenic peanut. It is unlikely to cause any nasty side effects like circular debt.

Funny coming from a nation who at one time threatened to bomb us back to the stone age and sending CIA agents to kill civilians and then arm twist the Pakistani government to release the killer.

 

[SQ8]

Very useful in that it will help uplift the region by incentivizing industries in that area and get those people out of their forced archaic lives. Also rare to see a good bipartisan bill like this.

Even the Chinese could benefit by potential doing joint investments with Pakistanis in that region and reaping the duty free revenue.

 

[dbc]

Funny coming from a nation who at one time threatened to bomb us back to the stone age and sending CIA agents to kill civilians and then arm twist the Pakistani government to release the killer.

If you want to go down that slippery slope I can find grievances on our side as well.
Ours wasn't a no-fault divorce

 

[SQ8]

Funny coming from a nation who at one time threatened to bomb us back to the stone age and sending CIA agents to kill civilians and then arm twist the Pakistani government to release the killer.

Pakistanis armed, trained and planned the force who brought down the Russia centric Soviet union, the same one that set up the sole steel mill Pakistanis have.Today that Pakistan is looking to purchase Russian hardware.

The same Pakistanis also let terrorists of both straight forward barbaric to sectarian types run loose on its soil and promote violence against anyone(even their fellow Pakistanis) who disagrees with their exact demands. So clearly dwellers of glass houses shouldn’t trying throwing stones at each other.

It is in Pakistani interests to keep the US as engaged as possible but at arms length.

 

[CriticalThinker02]

If you want to go down that slippery slope I can find grievances on our side as well.
Ours wasn't a no-fault divorce

We literally made you a unipolar power and "freed" eastern Europe so you owe us nothing but everything, and In-sh'Allah hopefully one day someone will take that horrible title away from you, this world needs another power to keep your war mongering in check, and yes we played the wolf and damn proud to have done it.

 

[PakSword]

Very useful in that it will help uplift the region by incentivizing industries in that area and get those people out of their forced archaic lives. Also rare to see a good bipartisan bill like this.

Even the Chinese could benefit by potential doing joint investments with Pakistanis in that region and reaping the duty free revenue.

The only problem is that US is a strategic ally of India. After exiting Afghanistan, if the motive is just to remain on the land to keep an eye on the region through agents in the guise of investors, we should be really worried.

Indian presence in Afghanistan will decrease substantially after US exit, and these investments might give a breathing space to India.

In my opinion, after US exit, Pakistan should first try eliminating all the anti state elements, Baloch and TTP terrorists from this region. We don't want that such investments hamper our will, and we are arm twisted to refrain from taking any action, against terrorists who have been comfortably living in Afghanistan under Indian (and possibly US) protection.

 

[dbc]

Pakistanis armed, trained and planned the force who brought down the Russia centric Soviet union, the same one that set up the sole steel mill Pakistanis have.Today that Pakistan is looking to purchase Russian hardware.

The same Pakistanis also let terrorists of both straight forward barbaric to sectarian types run loose on its soil and promote violence against anyone(even their fellow Pakistanis) who disagrees with their exact demands. So clearly dwellers of glass houses shouldn’t trying throwing stones at each other.

It is in Pakistani interests to keep the US as engaged as possible but at arms length.

This narrative that the Soviet Union was destroyed by Pakistan is not founded on facts.
Soviet Union was destroyed by socialist communist ideals - Pakistan may have gently nudged her over the precipice no more.

 

[SQ8]

This narrative that the Soviet Union was destroyed by Pakistan is not founded on facts.
Soviet Union was destroyed by socialist communist ideals - Pakistan may have gently nudged her over the precipice no more.

Yes - but that isn’t the narrative being talked about. The narrative is that blanket good or bad perceptions and alliances are naive at best and juvenile jingoism at worst. The same Vietnam bombed with millions dead or affected with agent orange and the tens of thousands dead or tortured US military and state now talk alliance.

Interests forge international relationships and nothing more.
As for your statement on the narrative, enough literature exists on the value of the nudge you so callously dismiss away.

The only problem is that US is a strategic ally of India. After exiting Afghanistan, if the motive is just to remain on the land to keep an eye on the region through agents in the guise of investors, we should be really worried.

Indian presence in Afghanistan will decrease substantially after US exit, and these investments might give a breathing space to India.

In my opinion, after US exit, Pakistan should first try eliminating all the anti state elements, Baloch and TTP terrorists from this region. We don't want that such investments hamper our will, and we are arm twisted to refrain from taking any action, against terrorists who have been comfortably living in Afghanistan under Indian (and possibly US) protection.

Yes, and it can remain that way because there is another narrative Pakistan can play. Which is to state the you will lose Pakistan(and consequently Afghanistan) to complete Chinese control and influence leading to a full backwater for China that goes against the narrative of US trying to isolate China.
Pakistan doesn’t owe the Chinese anymore than access to the arabian sea as economic backup against a potential eastern water blockade.

 

[Mk-313]

LOL Did Obama tell you that? Stop believing in lies. All your country has done is bribe. From top to bottom. Finally people are waking up to your deception. You can never replace China.

LOL the economics did. You might want read first before commenting a thing or two in lies. People like you get enveloped in propaganda’s of the side they want to win. Before reading a thing or two let alone number. Even the F-16s u boast about shooting down Indians was given by us

and we couldn’t care less about a 3rd world country whether we want to replace or not. But learn to read facts, numbers and see if they make sense.

Because you shouldn’t have needed IMFs money if China had come through for you or even UAE or Saudi Arabia, let that sink in your head. And take a hard look at yourself and the state of your alliance that time and time again you have to come to westerners to rescue your broke *** country

 

[Dalit]

LOL the economics did. You might want read first before commenting a thing or two in lies. People like you get enveloped in propaganda’s of the side they want to win. Before reading a thing or two let alone number. Even the F-16s u boast about shooting down Indians was given by us

and we couldn’t care less about a 3rd world country whether we want to replace or not. But learn to read facts, numbers and see if they make sense.

Because you shouldn’t have needed IMFs money if China had come through for you or even UAE or Saudi Arabia, let that sink in your head. And take a hard look at yourself and the state of your alliance that time and time again you have to come to westerners to rescue your broke *** country

LOL blah blah blah. Unimpressive. Try harder. You are not getting that airbase in Pakistan.

 

[khansaheeb]

Yes Germany, S.Korea, Japan , Italy,Taiwan and Pakistan. Pick the odd potato in this bushel.

Germany, Italy and Korea were bombed into rubble, Japan was nuked so I guess the odd one out is Pakistan.