Afghanistan still opposed to Dasu Dam construction

[That Guy]

Its paying the price of old mistakes. You should not expect to make profit out of mistakes and rather be happy if they are not costing you too much.

What mistakes? If you're talking about Pakistan's proxy war against the Afghan government during the soviet occupation of Afghanistan; Pakistan simply paid back to Afghanistan, what Afghanistan was doing to it. There is this misguided notion that Pakistan is the one who started this mess in Afghanistan, which is simply not true. This entire situation can be traced back to all the way of the birth of Pakistan and India, when Afghanistan was the only nation in the world to reject Pakistan's existence, something even India didn't reject. If you want to get even more technical, you can go even further back to the Anglo-Afghan wars.

 

[Missile]

They are mad or what? Indus River flows inside pakistan why they have any problem?

 

[notorious_eagle]

Pakistan should sign a water sharing treaty with Kabul that gives Afghanistan 80% of the river flow. We have a saying which translated into English means "The receiver of a good deed should pass it onto others."

I am more in favour of giving Afghanistan 100% share of the river flow. In fact, Pakistan should provide full unilateral access to Afghanistan to all of its rivers.

 

[My-Analogous]

Pakistan should sign a water sharing treaty with Kabul that gives Afghanistan 80% of the river flow. We have a saying which translated into English means "The receiver of a good deed should pass it onto others."

First India should apply for Pakistan and then Pakistan will build pipeline to transfer that because the route of Indus river didn't went to Afghanistan. So professor can you asked India to given 80% of all river water to Pakistan and all six river is flown inside Pakistan and India didn't have to lay pipeline also.

 

[Black Eagle 90]

Afghanistan should ask NATO to provide NESPAK funds and even NATO expertise in building dams and new canals all over Afghanistan. Also Roads and Highways too...

 

[k_arura]

after receving an order from india, Afghanistan raises bizarre objections
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has insisted that it has not withdrawn objections to the Dasu
Dam – a project Pakistan plans to build on the Indus River at an estimated cost of nearly $7.5 billion and expected to produce 4,300 megawatts of electricity.

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry on Tuesday rejected the remarks made by Pakistani ministers that Kabul had withdrawn its opposition to the dam, which would have serious negative environmental repercussions for Afghanistan.

“I reject as completely baseless the statement made by Pakistan’s Minister of Water and Power Khawaja Asif that Afghanistan has abandoned its opposition to the Dasu Dam,” Afghan foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Shakaib Mustaghni said in a weekly briefing in Kabul.



“We still have reservations about the dam and all institutions concerned in Afghanistan are studying its impact on the country,” Mustaghni said, according to a statement available with The Express Tribune.

Last month, Afghanistan’s National Security Council opposed the construction of Dasu hydropower project, saying it would be against the principles of joint rivers.

The council meeting, presided over by President Hamid Karzai, claimed that the dam was being built on the Kabul-Indus River.

Khawaja Asif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had earlier stated that Kabul had withdrawn its objection when Afghan officials were informed that the Dasu Dam would be built on the Indus River and had nothing to do with Afghanistan.

Afghanistan had also urged the World Bank and other international lenders to stop funding for the project unless its concerns were addressed. It claimed that Pakistan neither informed Afghanistan about the project through diplomatic channels nor was any agreement signed between the two countries.

Pakistan has already approached the World Bank, seeking the start of approval process for a $700 million loan for the 4,320MW project, according to sources in the Ministry of Finance. Construction work is expected to start this year.

Officials say the feasibility study and detailed engineering design of the project have already been completed. The government has cleared the project and the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has constituted a committee to rationalise its cost.

Ground-breaking ceremony will be held on May 15, where Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will kick off construction work.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2014.
Afghanistan still opposed to Dasu Dam construction – The Express Tribune

OMG, another conspiracy nut! Seeing one under every rock. If India and that much influence and power then by now it would already have been dictating terms to Pakistan. Does it? If so, then your observation may be believable.

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

Paskistan's unilateral actions will only lead its further isolation from neighbours.

 

[Areesh]

Paskistan's unilateral actions will only lead its further isolation from neighbours.

Acha. Ok.

 

[k_arura]

First India should apply for Pakistan and then Pakistan will build pipeline to transfer that because the route of Indus river didn't went to Afghanistan. So professor can you asked India to given 80% of all river water to Pakistan and all six river is flown inside Pakistan and India didn't have to lay pipeline also.

But why? India is a kafir nation while Afghanistan is part of your beloved Ummah. So why expect alms from a Kafir? You already snatched part of their territory in 1947. Aren't you satisfied?

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

Acha. Ok.

You are right. Why would you care for opinions of your neighbors when you have bigger problems to face? Such as Taliban playing with heads of your soldiers.

 

[Areesh]

You are right. Why would you care for opinions of your neighbors when you have bigger problems to face? Such as Taliban playing with heads of your soldiers.

Same for you. Maoists blowing up your soldiers in Jungle. Why would you care about your neighbors? You also have bigger problems to face.

 

[Rahil khan]

But why? India is a kafir nation while Afghanistan is part of your beloved Ummah. So why expect alms from a Kafir? You already snatched part of their territory in 1947. Aren't you satisfied?

Don't speak terminologies of retarded Mullahs, or extremists...!! By the way which was your territory before 1947 ?? Ahhh you are talking about the British Empire. They were the rulers here before 1947....don't you remember...!!

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

Same for you. Maoists blowing up your soldiers in Jungle. Why would you care about your neighbors? You also have bigger problems to face.

We are facing them along with other challenges. Maoist violence has decreased a lot. It will continue coming down Maoist affected areas see economic growth. However there is direct relation between Pakistan's internal issues and its relationship with Afghanistan. They should be more careful in dealing with such issues.

 

[Areesh]

We are facing them along with other challenges. Maoist violence has decreased a lot. It will continue coming down Maoist affected areas see economic growth. However there is direct relation between Pakistan's internal issues and its relationship with Afghanistan. They should be more careful indealing with such issues.

Bold part. Bullsh....

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

Bold part. Bullsh....

Bullshit is what is filled inside your head kid. Otherwise you would have come here with some stats instead of a one liner. But sadly madarssah education does not teach one how to read numbers.