Yankee-stani
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Sorry to break the party here I know the chesthumpers will maul me over this but in this current era I dont see a merger between Afghanistan and Pakistan ever happening no 1- Institutionalized hatred of Pakistan is high among the Afghan elite and their populace 2- The Taliban despite being an ally for us is not looking in the prism of Pakistan as in the 1990s they are looking at the big guys Russia and China what can we offer to rebuild Afghanistan is quite minimal at best here what will occur the Russians using the Former Soviet Republics in the CSTO will serve as buffer to counter the Americans in Central Asia the Chinese will help rebuild Afghanistan thus minimizing any disturbances in Xinjiang region for Pakistan our strategy is okay but in needs of improvement we seriously need to deepen ties with Moscow as this will reduce mistrust in other regional capitals like Tashkent,Bishkek,Astana,Asghabat,and Dushanbe as much of the leadership of the "stans" are run by ex Soviet General Secs. who were appointed by Mikhail Gorbachev just prior to the USSR break up who still remember the Soviet Afghan wars and our hand in the conflict tho this will subside as the Chinese continue to bail them out and if we deepen ties with Moscow we can finally have a piece in Central Asian chessboard back to Afghanistan I dont see Pakistan having big chunk same goes with the Iranians the big boys the Chinese and the Russians will call the shots our competitor is Iran they got the Chabahar port we got Gwader however this should not be harmful to both Tehran and Islamabad we need to compete on friendly terms no proxy battles please also we need goodwill gestures with the Afghan side for at least gen or two then we can talk about a union or sorts