On the basis of not believing anything until it has been officially denied, I noticed this article about the signing of a gas pipeline deal through Afghanistan. Wasn't this what Ronald Regan and latter George W Bush wanted and why both Presidents met with then Taliban leaders. Is this why the former Unocal consultant, Hamid Karzai was made president of Afghanistan to get this (and future) deal through?Pipeline background
Taliban and the White House background
From the India Journal:
ASHGABAT, TURKMENISTAN - India Dec 11 signed agreements to import natural gas from Turkmenistan through an ADB-based $7.6 billion gas pipeline passing through Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Oil Minister Murli Deora signed the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) and the Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline here.
“Today is a very important day, not just for India, but for all the countries (in the TAPI project),” he said at the signing ceremony attended by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
The agreements are commitments of the four nations to building of the project even as New Delhi voiced concerns over safe delivery of gas through the pipeline that would pass Taliban stronghold Kandahar province and then into Pakistan’s restive tribal areas.....read on
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