Pak threat to cut off US access: US may be talking to Russia, others, about alternate supply route t

[AZ1]

1st Indian wheat consignment via Chabahar reaches Afghanistan
India, Afghanistan launch second air corridor linking Kabul and Mumbai

Well not everything is discussed with media anyway

you forgot to add it took 12 days to reach to Afghanistan lol. Route is costly. So really all not discussed on media anyway.

 

[neem456]

Actually they may try India b'cuz Indian forces are there in Afghanistan with Russian forces.

I dont think chahbahar or irranian route can be used for US supplies, that is far fetched.

 

[newb3e]

Hindu ka chabari lollypop nai use karna hindu keh daddy na?

 

[Theparadox]

I dont think chahbahar or irranian route can be used for US supplies, that is far fetched.

And i didn't said that, Russia option has been used in past and would be used again. But US may talk to India also b'cuz of our influence on Russia as well as significant role in this region.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

And i didn't said that, Russia option has been used in past and would be used again.

Yes, it has but now thinkgs are complicated with Ukraine etc. And as regards Chah Bahar why not ask @mohammad45 if the Iranians would be cool with letting few American Humvees and guns with the "wheat" your sending to Afghanistan?

 

[Dalit]

US ambassador Kenneth Juster meets India foreign secretary, discusses cut in aid to Pak
Russia to send its Afghanistan special envoy to India
1st Indian wheat consignment via Chabahar reaches Afghanistan
India, Afghanistan launch second air corridor linking Kabul and Mumbai

Well not everything is discussed with media anyway

What is the US waiting for? LOL at the costly Russian route.

Hindu ka chabari lollypop nai use karna hindu keh daddy na?

Chabahar ko abhi das saal lagenge operational hone me.

 

[waz]

Lmao! You can tell this BS is from the Times of India.
The US talking to Russia about supply? Well the news is that the Russians are pissed beyond belief with what has happened in Ukraine, NATO actions in Eastern and Central Europe, public mocking by US officials, oh and there is the small matter of official sanctions lol!
It was under Russian pressure the Northern route was shut off and it also led to Uzbekistan telling US command to leave the airbase back in 2005. The US actually did fly more materials through the Northern route in 2011 and found it problematic on a large scale.
Anyway the Russians closed down the main corridor in 2015.
There is no Northern route cookie here.

 

[Flash_Ninja]

What if American comes in pursuit of terrorists hiding in pakistan...Osama style..?
Will PA confront then?

If Osama style means crashing your best "stealth helicopter" and producing zero evidence for your alleged target, then I'd love to see it.

We know what will happen if they try any other way, the last 16 years is proof that they cant do anything.

We heard of PAF confronting drones, but last I read they bombed pakistan .

They circled on their side of the Afghan border for a little while before firing a missile from their side and running away. We cant shoot them down for no reason because it would be a violation of airspace and an act of war.

There is no way to confirm their intentions while they are flying around in the Afghan side, but rest assured now that we can cite this example of idiocy they wont try it again.

 

[Ocean]

Russia gives a route to US! ????

I mean seriously OP???

Regardless of Russia's military hegemony, that's impossible. No one gives that route to them

Pakistan should rise on her two feet, kick them out. No one gives a shit about US presence in AFG

Yes russia did in afghan invasion. The NDN north distribution network route goes thru russia n when pakistan shut down routes in 2011 american supplies did flow thru russia

 

[fallstuff]

Shailaja Neelakantan| TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jan 10, 2018, 09:27 IST

HIGHLIGHTS

• Pakistan has hinted it could cut off US access to key supply routes to Afghanistan
• This is in retaliation for the US suspending as much as $2 billion in aid to Pakistan
• The US says if that happens it will be able to manage

Pakistani protesters rally against the US in Karachi in August. (Photo: AP)

NEW DELHI: As Washington's relations with Islamabad hit an all-time low+ , the US may be considering not using Pakistan as a route to send supplies to Afghanistan, a US State Department official hinted today.
He was answering a specific question about what the US will do if an angry Pakistan cuts off access to the routes through which military and other supplies get to Afghanistan.

"Is the US talking with the Central Asian countries or Russia about trying to expand resupply - like northern resupply - routes to have alternatives if Pakistan cuts that off," was the question asked of the State Department official Steven Goldstein.

He replied in the affirmative.

"We always look at that," said Goldstein, emphasising though that the recent suspension of as much as $2 billion in funds to Pakistan was just that - a suspension - not an end.

"...this is a suspension and not a cut-off. No funds have been reprogrammed, and we're hopeful for future cooperation from Pakistan," said Goldsmith, referring to help from that country to rein in the Taliban and the Haqqani Network of terrorists.

Following a blistering anti-Pakistan tweet from US President Donald Trump on January 1, the US last week suspended all security assistance to Pakistan for failing to clamp down on these terror groups and for, in fact, providing them safe haven.

Opposed to US 'finger-pointing' at Pakistan on terror-related issues: China

The Pakistanis were, of course, mighty miffed at these developments and made noises about cutting off US access to routes that go through its country to Afghanistan.

If Pakistan does that, the US will be in trouble. That's because the port in Karachi is where food, military equipment and other essential items are unloaded to send to Afghanistan for US troops and for civilians there.

The US faced a very such situation in in 2011, when Pakistan closed its border to Nato supplies when its relations with the US hit a low similar to the one now.

At the time, the US-led forces in Afghanistan dealt with the closure by relying on cargo flights and a more costly northern route through Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, said AFP news agency.

For now, the US seems confident it will be able to deal with the situation if Pakistan blocks supply routes. It has built "flexibility and redundancy" into its supply chains, the US said.

"As military planners, we develop multiple supply chain contingencies to sustain theatre requirements to maintain the train, advise and assist mission to the Afghan National Defense Security Forces," Lieutenant Colonel Kone Faulkner told AFP earlier this week.

The Democrats won't let Trump using Russia route, not as long as they can breath !!!

 

[Muhammed45]

Yes russia did in afghan invasion. The NDN north distribution network route goes thru russia n when pakistan shut down routes in 2011 american supplies did flow thru russia

Even if true, many things differed in time pass. It's unbelievable and shameful, but no one has good relations with US as of now.

The Democrats won't let Trump using Russia route, not as long as they can breath !!!

Same shit, different names. Russia is not to be fooled again

 

[airmarshal]

And Russia you think, which is under sanctions, which is being vilified everyday in US politics will give America access? That same Russia which deeply suspects US role in Afghanistan.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Lmao! You can tell this BS is from the Times of India.
The US talking to Russia about supply? Well the news is that the Russians are pissed beyond belief with what has happened in Ukraine, NATO actions in Eastern and Central Europe, public mocking by US officials, oh and there is the small matter of official sanctions lol!
It was under Russian pressure the Northern route was shut off and it also led to Uzbekistan telling US command to leave the airbase back in 2005. The US actually did fly more materials through the Northern route in 2011 and found it problematic on a large scale.
Anyway the Russians closed down the main corridor in 2015.
There is no Northern route cookie here.

Not to mention the investigation about the Russian connection to Trump campaign which might cost his presidency and Republican hold in Congress!!! Already some Trump folks are singing like canaries to the special prosecutor!!!

 

[Musafir117]

lol man this Indian media never disappoints to make me laugh. Russia who broken coz of Afghan war in which USA were behind give them to get routes?
Ok maan Liya but did Indian knows how much it cast USA economically and socially?
Even a dreamer not a suitable word for Indian it’s called what a mentality sick dreaming