Here's an alternative scenario: Keeping Iran out of Indo-Pak fight, while we maintain good relations with both countries. It may not be imaginable for some Indians and Pakistanis that Iran CAN have good relations with both countries, just like Pakistan has good relations with both Iran and KSA and India has good relations with Iran and Israel/USA. All this Sino-Pak-Iran or Indo-Iran-Afg axis talk are nonsense. There is an alternative scenario in which all sides can win doing business.
Not only for Afghanistan, but simply for NO country on planet earth it's acceptable that it's major trade route and lifeline depend on only one country, no matter if it's friendly or not. Every single country, logically searches for different alternatives in trade, and for a landlocked country like Afghanistan, it is of utmost importance not to rely on only one country, whether it's Pakistan or any other country.
I may not be right, but why am I getting the impression that by saying 'real Afghans' who are supposed to come to power, you actually mean Taliban or any scumbags similar to them? There is an elected gov in Afghanistan, whether we like it or not it's there and we should respect that.
