sandeep Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 And well done India. Took forever to get this going though. http://www.atimes.com/article/afghan-port-shift-adds-pakistans-economic-woes// Quote Afghanistan has shifted 80% of its cargo traffic from Pakistan’s Karachi seaport to Iran’s Bandar Abbas and Chabahar ports. The move comes two months after Chabahar, barely 100 kilometers from Pakistan’s Gwadar port, was inaugurated. The shift, prompted in part by a new trade tariff imposed by Islamabad, is expected to greatly reduce Pakistan’s role in the transit of Afghan goods. Pakistani business leaders believe that more Afghan trade will eventually shift to the strategic Chabahar Port, as it is Iran’s closest sea link to the Indian Ocean. The first phase of Shahid Beheshti Port in the Sistan-Balochistan province was commissioned last year. It is expected that US$5 billion worth of Afghan trade will be conducted solely through the tripartite Chabahar Port – sponsored jointly by India, Iran, and Afghanistan – once it starts feeding the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). Muloghonto, Ridgepi, BrantFUGH and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/test-for-indias-diplomacy-first-shipment-via-chabahar-port-from-afghanistan-to-arrive-in-a-months-time/1457432/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 geopolitics is super complicated .. russia and china vs usa russia and iran vs usa usa and india vs china china and pak vs india india , afg and iran vs pak Alam_dar, Cricketics, Real McCoy and 4 others 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 8 hours ago, velu said: geopolitics is super complicated .. russia and china vs usa russia and iran vs usa usa and india vs china china and pak vs india india , afg and iran vs pak Yeah India is friends with both Iran and Israel. They don’t won’t to hurt Muslim sentiments by commenting on Palestine. China loves Pakistan but will do trade with India. Pakistan loves Middle East but the Arab kings love to do trade with India Alam_dar and BrantFUGH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradlater Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 3 hours ago, maniac said: Yeah India is friends with both Iran and Israel. They don’t won’t to hurt Muslim sentiments by commenting on Palestine. China loves Pakistan but will do trade with India. Pakistan loves Middle East but the Arab kings love to do trade with India In international relations , there are no permanent friends or enemies , only permanent interests. JourneyMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Pakistan's Gwadhar port is operated entirely by China... This move hurts China too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 6 hours ago, diga said: Pakistan's Gwadhar port is operated entirely by China... This move hurts China too most of their belt and road projects are running dry .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 https://m.timesofindia.com/business/international-business/afghanistan-launches-new-export-route-to-india-through-irans-chabahar-port/articleshow/68140985.cms sandeep and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 The first shipment under the United Nations ‘Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR) convention arrived in India from Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar Port. https://www.thehindu.com/business/india-gets-first-tir-shipment-via-chabahar-port-from-afghanistan/article26525062.ece Real McCoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Special investors conference at Chabahar on 26th Feb 2019.Hope there are more good news regarding the trade. sergio04 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 8:26 PM, Straight Drive said: Special investors conference at Chabahar on 26th Feb 2019.Hope there are more good news regarding the trade. https://ifpnews.com/exclusive/iran-india-afghanistan-discuss-investment-in-chabahar-port/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sukhoi Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 What will happen after Taliban takes over Afghanistan will it be merged with Gwadar Port with no access to India who gave money to built it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 21 hours ago, sukhoi said: What will happen after Taliban takes over Afghanistan will it be merged with Gwadar Port with no access to India who gave money to built it in the first place. Are you 12 years old? How would a port in Iran be "merged" with one in Pakistan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sukhoi Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 35 minutes ago, sandeep said: Are you 12 years old? How would a port in Iran be "merged" with one in Pakistan? What I meant was if Taliban takes over Afghanistan, would see abundant reduction in Trade with Afghanistan, and also with Non State actors it would put pressure on Iran to not let India IN, a theif will always be theif and live on others income Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 hours ago, sukhoi said: What I meant was if Taliban takes over Afghanistan, would see abundant reduction in Trade with Afghanistan, and also with Non State actors it would put pressure on Iran to not let India IN, a theif will always be theif and live on others income You need to educate yourself on this before spouting off utter nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 5 hours ago, sukhoi said: What I meant was if Taliban takes over Afghanistan, would see abundant reduction in Trade with Afghanistan, and also with Non State actors it would put pressure on Iran to not let India IN, a theif will always be theif and live on others income If Taliban takes over, We are done. Simply done as its Pakistan US and Taliban, which are doing the deal, And i can allways trust what Pakistan will do. Iran Is fighting Saudis and Israel and as a result, It will never have many friends and will allway see India as its friend. Unless offcourse, China screws us. I will not be surprised if India decides to put some boots on Afghani ground for training their Military or even Talliban government if I may say. But I don’t think we have reached such a stage in global diplomacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight_drive Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 You need to educate yourself on this before spouting off utter nonsense.If you think this is nonsense then it's obvious where you areSent from my SM-J701F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straight_drive Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 If Taliban takes over, We are done. Simply done as its Pakistan US and Taliban, which are doing the deal, And i can allways trust what Pakistan will do. Iran Is fighting Saudis and Israel and as a result, It will never have many friends and will allway see India as its friend. Unless offcourse, China screws us. I will not be surprised if India decides to put some boots on Afghani ground for training their Military or even Talliban government if I may say. But I don’t think we have reached such a stage in global diplomacy.I hope that's not the case but it looks like US and Taliban are having a deal brokered by a theif Sent from my SM-J701F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muloghonto Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On 3/19/2019 at 5:34 AM, sukhoi said: What will happen after Taliban takes over Afghanistan will it be merged with Gwadar Port with no access to India who gave money to built it in the first place. Chabahar port you mean. And India did not build the Chabahar port just for Afghanistan. Its part of the NSTC project and it benefits a whole host of Central Asian countries as the northern sections get built. This is because Chabahar to Herat to Samarkand route is not only shorter than Samarkand-Kabul-Peshawar-Gwadar route, it also does not have to cross an imposing mountain chain that acts as a choke point of traffic ( the Salang tunnel). Linking Afghanistan is vital for the project TODAY, as they are the nearest customers and has geo-political gain for India ( by seperating Afghan dependency on Pakistan). But the viability of Chabahar is not contingent on Afghan participation in the long term. sandeep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 24 minutes ago, straight_drive said: I hope that's not the case but it looks like US and Taliban are having a deal brokered by a theif Sent from my SM-J701F using Tapatalk What options we have? Saudis will probably compensate us in $$$. Our relationship with Saudis will define our relationship with Afghani Taliban. BTW Russian are not very far if too much of America enters in Taliban Also Don’t be naive. India Iran trade, which is mostly undeclared will continue to significantly increase. Afghan trade are just mask and biproduct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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