You can google for more Afgan oil pipeline information. The US and Russia ain’t in these godforsaken regions to bring justice and freedom to the peoples.[/quote]
seems easier to put a pieline across chechnya into turkey or go east through khazakistian and south through india.[/quote]
Well for some reason they have been working on it since the late 90s. It started as a Centgas and Unocal(Karzai’s old company..lol) program and transformed into Asian Development Bank and British company Penspen. Maybe you should give this group of multi-nationals a call and let them know your much easier route.
reported Forbes in 2005, “the project has been revived and drawn strong US support” as it would allow the Central Asian republics to export energy to Western markets “without relying on Russian routes”. Then-US Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ann Jacobsen noted that: “We are seriously looking at the project, and it is quite possible that American companies will join it.”
But, because of instability, it stalled again. The were even going to start Turkmen part in 2006 but stopped because of the deterioration of the war
The only reason, it is not being built, is because of instability in Afghanistan, which, the US is coincidently spending a lot of blood and treasure to bring.
