Article by Canadian energy economist John Foster in the Toronto Star, dated Dec. 23 2010.
"On Dec. 11, President Hamid Karzai signed formal agreements for a natural gas pipeline to be built through Afghanistan. Leaders of Turkmenistan, Pakistan and India signed, too. Three weeks earlier, at the NATO summit in Lisbon, Afghanistan became an “enduring partner” of NATO. Neither event captured much attention here, yet both have consequences for Canada’s role in Afghanistan."
Full article: Canada’s ‘enduring’ Afghan role.
Could the US and Canada please explain how they expect to guard a gas pipeline through territory controlled by hostile tribal warriors, who have successfully fought off all invaders since Alexander the Great - and maybe before?
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