Afghanistan - News & Discussions

[Butter Chicken]

Taliban attacks Indian-made Salma Dam

 

[nongaddarliberal]

Taliban attacks Indian-made Salma Dam

This might hurt Taliban's support base. The Salma Dam is widely appreciated by the afghan population, even the radicals, along with a lot of the medical and food aid we give. This was a dumb move by the Taliban, but of course we know who made them do it.

 

[airtel]

Salma Dam was not attacked .

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

Huge victory for India.

 

[ezsasa]

Huge victory for India.

Not confirmed yet...

Trump is supposed to outline the South Asia strategy today, don't think It has happened yet.

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

Not confirmed yet...

Trump is supposed to outline the South Asia strategy today, don't think It has happened yet.

News is not confirmed but it is leaked from a WH source. Official announcement will happen at 9PM EST.

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

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He did not provide a number of additional troops that will be sent to the war, though US officials said ahead of the speech they expect him to go along with a Pentagon recommendation for nearly 4,000 new troops.

"We will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities," Trump said. "Conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on."
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Going further, Trump suggested that military and other aid to Washington's nuclear-armed ally is at stake.

"We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting," he said.

"That will have to change and that will change immediately," he said.

Trump also said the US wanted India to help more with Afghanistan, especially in the areas of economic assistance and development.
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Trump also left the door open to an eventual political deal with the Taliban in his address.

"Someday, after an effective military effort, perhaps it will be possible to have a political settlement that includes elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan," he said.
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/trump-vows-fighting-afghanistan-170822012709108.html

All doubts are clear. USA is openly calling out Pakistani terror. What a historic day!

 

[Cutting Edge 2]

Trump's Afghanistan speech is a straight answer to all those who where wondering what Modi achieved from his recent USA trip.

He said everything we wanted

Called Pak a terror state - Check

Continue US presence - Check

Call for Indian role - Check

This is Chanakya Niti people.

 

[Project Dharma]

Bania chatur ya brahmin? aaj saabat ho gya milord :biggrin2:

 

[Villager]

Afghan deputy governor 'abducted' from Peshawar

An Afghan province's Deputy Governor, Muhammad Nabi Ahmadi, was "abducted" from Peshawar on Friday, Afghan Consul General Moin Mrastyal said on Saturday, though Pakistani law enforcement agencies said they had no information on the incident.

According to the Afghan diplomat, Ahmadi, the deputy governor of Afghanistan's Kunar province, was abducted from Peshawar's Dabgar area. He had been in Peshawar for treatment of a medical ailment.

His abduction had first been reported by an Afghan news agency and confirmed by the Afghan consul general on Saturday. The envoy said he had been approached by Ahmadi's family with news of his abduction.

However, no confirmation of the incident has been received from Pakistani security forces. Capital City Police Officer Peshawar Tahir Khan told DawnNews that police has no information regarding the abduction.

 

[indus]

Meanwhile. 30 characters....

 

[Butter Chicken]

More pictures ...............................

 

[Butter Chicken]

F-22 performs first ever air strike in Afghanistan

http://www.khaama.com/f-22s-join-afghan-and-us-air-campaign-on-taliban-drug-labs-in-helmand-03891

what else could F-22 possibly be used for? :bounce:

 

[Butter Chicken]

Afghanistan has exported 1419 tons of fresh and dry fruits to India via 46 flights

 

[Suryavanshi]

Afghanistan has exported 1419 tons of fresh and dry fruits to India via 46 flights

Berathar what else can we import from Afghanistan ?

 

[Butter Chicken]

Berathar what else can we import from Afghanistan ?

Not much at the moment except dry fruits,saffron etc.In long term,Afghanistan can become an important hub for transit trade to Central Asia.

 

[Kalki_2018]

Minerals like Copper and Lithium.

 

[Butter Chicken]

Minerals like Copper and Lithium.

Yes i forgot,Lithium is very important for us,since the govt wants to completely switch to electric vehicles by 2030.But currently such areas are in Taliban control

 

[Prashant Sharma]

Yes i forgot,Lithium is very important for us,since the govt wants to completely switch to electric vehicles by 2030.But currently such areas are in Taliban control

Afghanistan is sitting on huge rare earth metals reserves.

 

[F-14B]

a stable Afghanistan will be bloody rich and if India can get the big boys talking ie USA,Iran ,Russia ,China and get them to corporate in Afghanistan in stabilize the country and conduct the trade through Chabahar Port the Pakistani boogyman of "I am fucking Important because of my Geopolitical Position in the subcontinent" theory will go for a fucking six due to the fact that Pakistan will be completely bypassed and the CPEC will be nothing but an albatross on the neck of Pakistan that will drag it down the abbeys of bankruptcy
The number of materials that Afghanistan hold is mind-boggling the rare earth potential itself is estimated around USD 1 trillion
https://www.livescience.com/47682-rare-earth-minerals-found-under-afghanistan.html
Mining locations

• Badakhshan Province: Badakhshan Gold, gemstones, lapis lazuli.
• Baghlan Province: Baghlan clay and gypsum, Dudkash industrial minerals
• Balkh Province: oil.
• Bamyan Province: Hajigak Mine (iron oxide).
• Daykundi Province: tin and tungsten
• Farah Province in the west: copper, lithium;
• Ghazni Province: Dashti Nawar lithium salts; Zarkashan Mine(copper, gold);.[28]
• Ghor Province: Karnak-Kanjar mercury, Nalbandian lead, and zinc
• Helmand Province: Khanneshin carbonatite, gold, rare-earth elements, possible uranium reserves; Chagai Hills travertine, copper, and gold.
• Herat Province: Shaida Copper Mine Dusar tin, Tourmaline tin, Herat barite and limestone
• Jowzjan Province: Oil and Gas
• Kabul Province: Jegdalek, Surobi District (gemstones).[29]
• Kandahar Province: copper, cement
• Kapisa Province: copper
• Kunduz Province: Kunduz celestite
• Logar Province: copper (Mes Aynak).
• Nangarhar Province: elbaite, Ghunday Achin magnesite, and talc.
• Nimroz Province: Godzareh (Gaudi Zireh) lithium salts.
• Nuristan Province: Nuristan pegmatites and gemstones.
• Panjshir Province: Panjshir Valley gemstones e.g. emerald.
• Paktika Province: Katawaz gold and Oil
• Samangan Province: Aybak (copper); Shabashak, Dara-I-Suf District (coking coal).
• Sar-e Pol Province: Balkhab Copper Mine (worlds largest deposit), Oil (Kashkari, Angot, etc.).
• Takhar Province: Samti, Panj River Valley (gold), Evaporite.
• Urozgan Province: Bakhud fluorite
• Zabul Province: Kundalyan gold and copper.

Also, the following places which have not, as yet, been positively located:

• Southeastern Afghanistan: copper, at the Darband, and the Jawkhar prospects.
• Anjir, Hasar, and Nooraba Valleys: gold

http://geologicalpolitics.blogspot.in/
add to this that Afghanistan has five Known Oil Zones in the 4 following areas
Amu River basin
Helmand,
Herat
Katawaz
of these Oil zones
the Amu River basin and Afghan-Tajik Crude Oil Zone alone hold exploited oil reserves worth 1,980 million bals the others are in primary or contract stages
http://mines.pajhwok.com/content/oil-afghanistan
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3154/report/FS11-3154.pdf
so if all corporate it will be a win-win situation for all and as for Pakistan well it will be curtains