[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Afghanistan and potential pipeline route

[Al Kagan]

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>Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:34:44 +0400
>From: Fiona Hunt <Fiona.Hunt at zu.ac.ae>
>Subject: Afghanistan and potential pipeline route
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>http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/afghan.html
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>United States Energy Information Administration
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>Afghanistan (File last modified: September 24, 2001)
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>The information contained in this report is the best available as of
>September 2001 and can change.
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>General Background
>
>Afghanistan's significance from an energy standpoint stems from its
>geographical position as a potential transit route for oil and natural gas
>exports from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea.  This potential includes the
>possible construction of oil and natural gas export pipelines through
>Afghanistan, which was under serious consideration in the mid-1990s.  The
>idea has since been undermined by Afghanistan's instability.  Since 1996,
>most of Afghanistan has been controlled by the Taliban movement, which the
>United States does not recognize as the government of Afghanistan......

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