Last month Afg said no to Cpec and now they want to join it? They can't make up their mind, can they?
Anyway, Afg trucks come all the way from Kabul to Lahore and Karachi to export their goods to the world, mostly India. After joining cpec they will be probably using Gwader port to export their goods. Plus, we need nearby market to export all the products Chinese are gonna manufacture in Pakistan after relocating smaller industries here.
The more business in Gwader means lesser business for Chahbahar, which probably only India would be using to export their junk to Afg. To compete Indian junk in afg, we need to export more from Pakistan to Afghanistan, both Pakistani and Chinese products. Good for the economy of Pak as it will increase our export.
All in all, Afg joining cpec will:
- Increase Pak exports
- Generate more Toll taxes in Pak
- Make Afg lesser dependent on India
- Make Afg more dependent on Pakistan(and China)
- Give Indian junks in Afg bloody competition
- Reduce the importance of Chahbahar.