Iran-Afghan Economies Tied by One-Way Trade
August 23rd, 2017
Via the Financial Tribune, a report on Iran/Afghanistan trade: A review of trade between Iran and Afghanistan over the past decade shows the neighboring country has mainly been an importer of Iranian goods. Iran’s exports to Afghanistan have been on a general uptrend starting at $497 million in the March 2005-6 fiscal year and reaching […]
Read more »CPEC Invigorating Blue Diplomacy
August 9th, 2017
Via the Pakistan Observer, an article on OBOR, CPEC, and the impact on regional diplomacy: Seas play a vital role for diplomacy and trade in global environment and have shaped Blue Diplomacy. Pakistan has been blessed with large area of Arabian Sea (termed as warm waters) encompassing 290,000 Sq. km with three main ports Karachi, Port Qasim and Gwadar. […]
Read more »Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals
July 25th, 2017
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on the Trump administration’s interest in Afghan minerals: President Trump, searching for a reason to keep the United States in Afghanistan after 16 years of war, has latched on to a prospect that tantalized previous administrations: Afghanistan’s vast mineral wealth, which his advisers and Afghan officials have […]
Read more »Turkmenistan Gas Pipeline To Reach Afghanistan Borders Soon
July 12th, 2017
Via TOLO News, a report on a gas pipeline network to be established in Torghundi border town in Herat, aimed at enabling Afghan businessmen to purchase the Turkmenistan imported gas: President Ashraf Ghani’s advisor on Central Asian countries’ affairs, Mohammad Shakir Kargar, on Wednesday said Turkmenistan’s natural gas pipeline will arrive at Torghundi border town in […]
Read more »Afghanistan – Turkmenistan Tango: Diversifying Transit Routes
July 11th, 2017
Via Ariana News, a report on Afghanistan’s efforts to diversify transit corridors with its bordering neighbors: Afghanistan is in the process of limiting Pakistan’s veto options on transportation of goods and looking at other routes being a landlocked country. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani visited Turkmenistan on July 3 upon invitation by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. Oguzkhan […]
Read more »The Blueprint for China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Cooperation
July 3rd, 2017
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at some practical steps the three countries can take to boost trilateral cooperation: The demand for trilateral cooperation among China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan has increased more than ever in Afghanistan and China. In Pakistan, the demand for such trilateral cooperation looks good on paper, but in practice the state policy of “strategic […]
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