Indian Role in Afghanistan

[Singh]

How India will get acess to Central Asia??

Railway link from Chabahar to CAR.

For India, a 70-km Iran rail line can open doors to Central Asia | Business Line

 

[janme]

Only viable solution to link India wih CAR is to bypass Afghanistan and link Chahbahar via Zahidan and Mashad to Ashkabat and the rest of CAR.

And How will India bypass Afghanistan and Pakistan??

 

[janme]

Railway link from Chabahar to CAR.

For India, a 70-km Iran rail line can open doors to Central Asia | Business Line

Okay i understood i though that we were planning to acess CAR through land bypassing Pakistan and Afghanistan.

 

[Neo]

Railway link from Chabahar to CAR.

For India, a 70-km Iran rail line can open doors to Central Asia | Business Line

A 70-km rail line? Which route is that?
Please elaborate.

 

[janme]

A 70-km rail line? Which route is that?
Please elaborate.

There are many threads on Pakistani forums which says that it will be devloped as an economic corridor and will be even linked to Russia.

 

[Neo]

And How will India bypass Afghanistan and Pakistan??

Combination of land and sea route only. Chahbahar and Mashad are already linked by road wij Ashkabat.

 

[janme]

@Neo see this is what he is tallking about,start reading from second last para to be more specific......

India in Central Asia: Time for a more comprehensive strategy?

 

[Neo]

There are many threads on Pakistani forums which says that it will be devloped as an economic corridor and will be even linked to Russia.

Both Pakistan and Iran have the desire to develop their ports to the standard of Dubai and become an international hub and gateway to CAR.
Iran's international isolation worked in favor of Gwadar but with sanctions being eased, this could be a great opportunity for Iran to invest heavily in Chahbahar and persuade China to make it an energy and trade hub as well.

 

[janme]

Both Pakistan and Iran have the desire to develop their ports to the standard of Dubai and become an international hub and gateway to CAR.
Iran's international isolation worked in favor of Gwadar but with sanctions being eased, this could be a great opportunity for Iran to invest heavily in Chahbahar and persuade China to make it an energy and trade hub as well.

See i got more info......

News.Az - India, Azerbaijan plan dry run on North-South transport corridor for March

 

[Jagdish58]

Im preety sure there will bombings & sucide attack on strategic assets of both India & Iran by Taliban & ISI nexus, then what happens??

Can the two country afford to take Military action , Provided two Super powers Soviet Union & US have not been able to completely remove terror from Afghanistan

Afghanistan is very harsh place to do business:thumb:

 

[Neo]

See i got more info......

News.Az - India, Azerbaijan plan dry run on North-South transport corridor for March

As the energy hungry countries like China and India continue to secure future supplies we will see construction of some of biggest pipelines through land and sea in near future. It's in India's strategic interest to have a network of few big pipelines from CAR, Azarbaijan, Iran, Qatar, UAE to Oman where India should build another port or preferably a military base and build an underwater pipeline from Oman to Gujrati ports.

China has already signed deals worth $200 billion with Iran and once the Sino-Pak energy corridor is established, more countries would be interested into linking Gwadar to their oil/gas fields.

India should not wait to long, it will only put her energy supplies on further risk.

 

[Haman10]

Im preety sure there will bombings & sucide attack on strategic assets of both India & Iran by Taliban & ISI nexus, then what happens??

Can the two country afford to take Military action , Provided two Super powers Soviet Union & US have not been able to completely remove terror from Afghanistan

Afghanistan is very harsh place to do business:thumb:

No , the difference between iran/india to US/soviets in relation to afghanistan is exactly the same thing

We are not seeking expansionist agenda in afghanistan

 

[Neo]

Im preety sure there will bombings & sucide attack on strategic assets of both India & Iran by Taliban & ISI nexus, then what happens??

Can the two country afford to take Military action , Provided two Super powers Soviet Union & US have not been able to completely remove terror from Afghanistan

Afghanistan is very harsh place to do business:thumb:

Afghanistan is a no go as southern half is already in the hands of taliban and a new civil war is iminent next year.
Therefor bypass Afghanistan and go for land/sea route via Iran to CAR directly.

 

[Singh]

Afghanistan is a no go as southern half is already in the hands of taliban and a new civil war is iminent next year.
Therefor bypass Afghanistan and go for land/sea route via Iran to CAR directly.

Western/Northern Afghanistan that borders Iran aka Herat et al are firmly anti-Taliban.

Its only Pak bordering Eastern/Souther Afghanistan that is Talibani.

 

[janme]

But what gurantee is there that all Central Asian nations will use Chabhar port instead of Gwadar port???
@Singh @Neo @Haman10 @Jagdish58

 

[Singh]

But what gurantee is there that all Central Asian nations will use Chabhar port instead of Gwadar port???
@Singh @Neo @Haman10 @Jagdish58

If India wants to deal with CAR via Iran, then there is a guarantee we will be using Chabahar.

 

[Singh]

Im preety sure there will bombings & sucide attack on strategic assets of both India & Iran by Taliban & ISI nexus, then what happens??

Can the two country afford to take Military action , Provided two Super powers Soviet Union & US have not been able to completely remove terror from Afghanistan

Afghanistan is very harsh place to do business:thumb:

If there is one country Talibanis are afraid of, its Iran. Iranians don't even have proper gates for their offices in Afghanistan.

 

[Neo]

Western/Northern Afghanistan that borders Iran aka Herat et al are firmly anti-Taliban.

Its only Pak bordering Eastern/Souther Afghanistan that is Talibani.

Which brings me back to my point that Chahbahah-Mashhad-Ashkabat line is more suitable for India. Mashhad is linked to northern Afghanistan via Herat.
Southern link with Chahbahar is a waste of money, it has only helped the Taliban sofar, not Kabul.

 

[Srinivas_K]

YES bro , but my point was that US because of its military threats agianst afghanistan has more influence on organizations like louie jarga than iran and india

and thats a bummer

USA do have influence in Afghanistan, But it is all about diplomacy to cut a deal with NATO in Afghanistan. India , Iran and Russia also share common interests in Afghanistan.

 

[Neo]

But what gurantee is there that all Central Asian nations will use Chabhar port instead of Gwadar port???
@Singh @Neo @Haman10 @Jagdish58

Indian backed NA dominates Northern Afghanistan therefor it brings a calculated risk for Pakistan to invest heavily in Khyber Pass route to CAR. It is subjct to political sensitivies between India and Pakistan.
Therefor Pakistan will bypass Afghanistan and seek access to CAR via KKH Route linking it o CAR via China.