Afghanistan-India Air Corridor bypassing Pakistan fails

[Taimoor Khan]

 

[KRAIT]

bus bhai aik do posts ker jaty hain
pag lagana chor sakty hain ? i will never quit never ever how are you ? all is well ?

bus bhai aik do posts ker jaty hain
pag lagana chor sakty hain ? i will never quit never ever how are you ? all is well ?

haan yaar sab sahi,,,daaru kam ho gayo...cigarette nahi....
wahin ho jahan pehle the ya residence change kar diya?

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

Afghanistan needs to mend fences with Pakistan and allow trade to flow its natural contours.

Pakistan needs to get it's sh!t together and demand the Durand Line be clearly demarcated.

Guess the ball is back in Pakistan's court. Now Pakistan should lock all boarders with Afghanistan, make them realize who they are dealing with.

A country that will close it's border it closed as punishment for the killing it's soldiers and civilians, but later reopens because .... anyone know why? Oh... "humanitarian" (smuggling) hardship.

 

[django]

 

[TOPGUN]

Because you want India-Afghanistan ties to not get strong.

 

[WaLeEdK2]

lol afghans are gonna kill Ghani one day. They hate him too now.

 

[Verve]

I guess the Afghans and their Indian masters are too stupid to build cold storage ... and this is typical failure example of following emotions blindly without any planning. I guess the Hallucinating Hindu has now made the Afghans hallucinate too ... or maybe both are complimenting each other.

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

It's a Pakistani forum anything to please us.. indians are irrelevant can't cross till we allow. Thank you.

Another baseless thread to please Pakistanis. [/QUOT

 

[MultaniGuy]

Afghanistan-India Air Corridor bypassing Pakistan fails
Posted By: News Deskon: August 17, 2017

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KANDAHAR: Afghanistan’s plans to fly shipments from southern fruit growers to India have gone awry, leaving tons of grapes and melons to rot as officials scramble to add flights, while trading blame for the delays.

The problem illustrates the hurdles Afghanistan faces in rebuilding its strife-torn economy, a crucial step if it is to wean itself off billions of dollars in foreign aid annually.

Horticultural producers, who export nearly $360 million worth of goods each year, have long grappled with the challenges of transport in the mountainous nation.

The flights offered them a way around frequent border closures by neighboring Pakistan.

But the system has not worked as promised, with just a handful of flights having carried goods to India, causing losses for some producers in Kandahar, 500 km (310 miles) southwest of the capital, Kabul.

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“We packed some 40 tons of fruit, mainly melons and grapes, but weeks passed without flights,” said Haji Saduddin, head of the region’s Kandahar Fruit Company. “We had to sell it for less than half price in the local market.”

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani this week ordered officials to coordinate more closely with the airlines to ensure every flight carried 80 to 100 tons of fruit, the presidential palace said in a statement, after he met business leaders on the issue.


Officials of the chamber of commerce in Kabul say they are trying to negotiate deals with at least one more Afghan airline, Kam Air, besides national carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines, in the effort to add more flights.

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Since June 19, just one flight, carrying 60 tonnes of medicinal plants, has left Kandahar, Haji Nasrullah Zaheer, head of the city’s chamber of commerce, told Reuters. “It is fruit season in Kandahar, but the delicate fruit just rotted here due to lack of flights,” he said.

Fruit producers had long pressed for more air cargo services but disjointed planning and a lack of infrastructure, such as facilities for cold storage, had proved a stumbling-block.

Leaders in Kabul and New Delhi had trumpeted the plans as a way to avoid Pakistan’s strict limits on shipments between its neighbors, with which it occasionally has border disputes. Afghan officials are trading blame over the rotten fruit.

Ariana Afghan Airlines, which was to have coordinated flights through a subcontractor, told farmers in Kandahar its aircraft were too busy taking people to Makkah for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Kandahar business official Zaheer said.

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The problem occurred because a subcontractor had failed to provide a cargo aircraft, said Ariana President Mohammed Nader Omar, without identifying the company. “It wasn’t about flying people to Hajj, but a lack of management,” he told Reuters. “We are working to fix this.”

The plans provide for the government to compensate traders for losses, said Khan Jan Alokozay, an official of Afghanistan’s chamber of commerce, without naming a specific figure.

But for some, any compensation could be too little, too late. “A number of people borrowed money and started fruit businesses, but now their investment is gone,” said Saduddin, the fruit company head.

This Afghan-India corridor is laughable. Obviously it will fail.

 

[Super Falcon]

Without Pak existence of Afghanistan is impossible even USA giant wanted roads from Pak for supplies this is reality Afghanis want to learn in hardest way

 

[MultaniGuy]

Without Pak existence of Afghanistan is impossible even USA giant wanted roads from Pak for supplies this is reality Afghanis want to learn in hardest way

Agreed with you. Afghanistanis depend on Pakistan.

 

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Cargo Flights Resume Between Afghanistan and India

Traders have said that problems have largely been resolved and over 80 tons of fresh fruit flew out of Kabul on Thursday for India.

After a 17-day delay, the fifth cargo flight carrying over 80 tons of fresh fruit left Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, bringing new hope that flights between Afghanistan and India will now take place on a regular basis.

A number of fresh fruit exporters said government should ensure that these flights are carried out as scheduled from now on. Thursday's freight consisted of 60 tons of melon, 15 tons of grapes and 5 tons of apricots. This is the fifth cargo flight to India since the inauguration of the route in early July.

“Four cargo flights will be conducted every month, if more flights are needed, we are fully prepared for the operations,” said Younus Mohmand, deputy of Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI).

Meanwhile, officials of Kam Air Aviation company, which is responsible for the aircraft used, have said that its Boeing-737 plane has the capacity to transport 100 tons of fruit at a time.

“The plane which we chartered is able to fly anywhere in Asia and Europe, but the chamber of commerce and industries and fruit exporters should ensure that they have markets outside the country; we don’t have any problem to transfer their products,” said Hajji Raqi, an official from Kam Air.

A number of businessmen have said that in view of exporting more local produce and goods, government should ensure there are world class cargo services available at Hamid Karzai International Airport and other airports around the country.

“The fruit should be transferred as soon as possible, the airport should be equipped according to (international) standards, in that case they would have the ability to keep the fruit fresh for 24 hours,” said local businessman Atta Mohammad Mohammadi.

According to ACCI, problems faced by exporters recently have been resolved. The Afghan government has announced a 17 percent subsidy for cargo flights to India. Traders hope however that government will keep this up.
http://www.tolonews.com/index.php/business/cargo-flights-resume-between-afghanistan-and-india

 

[MultaniGuy]

Cargo Flights Resume Between Afghanistan and India

Traders have said that problems have largely been resolved and over 80 tons of fresh fruit flew out of Kabul on Thursday for India.

After a 17-day delay, the fifth cargo flight carrying over 80 tons of fresh fruit left Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, bringing new hope that flights between Afghanistan and India will now take place on a regular basis.

A number of fresh fruit exporters said government should ensure that these flights are carried out as scheduled from now on. Thursday's freight consisted of 60 tons of melon, 15 tons of grapes and 5 tons of apricots. This is the fifth cargo flight to India since the inauguration of the route in early July.

“Four cargo flights will be conducted every month, if more flights are needed, we are fully prepared for the operations,” said Younus Mohmand, deputy of Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI).

Meanwhile, officials of Kam Air Aviation company, which is responsible for the aircraft used, have said that its Boeing-737 plane has the capacity to transport 100 tons of fruit at a time.

“The plane which we chartered is able to fly anywhere in Asia and Europe, but the chamber of commerce and industries and fruit exporters should ensure that they have markets outside the country; we don’t have any problem to transfer their products,” said Hajji Raqi, an official from Kam Air.

A number of businessmen have said that in view of exporting more local produce and goods, government should ensure there are world class cargo services available at Hamid Karzai International Airport and other airports around the country.

“The fruit should be transferred as soon as possible, the airport should be equipped according to (international) standards, in that case they would have the ability to keep the fruit fresh for 24 hours,” said local businessman Atta Mohammad Mohammadi.

According to ACCI, problems faced by exporters recently have been resolved. The Afghan government has announced a 17 percent subsidy for cargo flights to India. Traders hope however that government will keep this up.
http://www.tolonews.com/index.php/business/cargo-flights-resume-between-afghanistan-and-india

lol, let them use the skies to transport goods. Its just a drain on their resources and fuel.

 

[Eagle_storm]

another iraq beging to a nation who worship cow.

not about failed only you will rise with hindus on the day of judgment.

 

[MultaniGuy]

another iraq beging to a nation who worship cow.

not about failed only you will rise with hindus on the day of judgment.

Pathetic to see the Afghan nation colluding with the Indians.

I thought the Afghan nation was better than this.