A hope: Kabul may still survive

Ashraf Ghani has his eyes over multiple advantageous prospects

Afghanistan, the land of mighty hills, bucolic things and wanted terrorists is the place where no one of us ever wants to visit. Indeed, not for couple of years ahead. This country is known for long civil wars, clerical powerhouse and a well placed demography. Historically, it played its very best of part for Kushans, Ghaznavis, Saffarids, Ghoris, Mughals and Durranis to help form their empires.

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani

Afghanistan has always been a poor country for a very long time. Additionally, it also is a landlocked country which has no access to waters. Important to realize that in today’s world access to Sea waters is necessary for a country’s economic growth.  But, in this topic, we are going to give you some certain points on which this small state in south Asia is working. Eventually, on these notes, Afghanistan may survive out of misery.

Transport Network

Afghanistan relies heavily on the ports of Karachi and Cha Bihar to import or export anything for the reason that these ports are the nearer ones. Additionally, the ports as well as territories of these two countries are used for trade purposes. But, as it is clear that any country may stop Afghanistan using its territory may cost Afghanistan a big problem. For example, when US drone attacked at Salala, Pakistan decided block the supply route for couple of months.

The government has prioritized some regional rail investments. This will help country’s good to move towards Central Asian states from Pakistan. Additionally, Afghanistan will provide gateways to Arabian Peninsula and central Asian states toward Cha Bihar ports once it was completed.

Ring road map connecting entire country

 In case, it is building a Ring Road project around Kabul, which will boost up their economy by more exports and imports. Forthwith, there relations with foreign countries may improve.

Making the infrastructure better

Infrastructure is the key element is any country’s success. In case of Afghanistan, in recent years connectivity of transport was poor, international barriers to regional markets were there, policies were also not good enough. If we talk about today, security issues and technical backwardness are primal factors responsible for country’s economic idiocy.

The Government of Ashraf Ghani is planning to invest in fields which will open up the ways for Afghanistan in domestic, regional and international markets and in social services. Rail linkages will be priority. Regional connectivity will create opportunities in every field for aspired Afghanis.

A centre of energy movement

Afghanistan lies in between Central Asia (Energy rich nations) and South Asia (Energy poor nations). Henceforth, it is acting to be a corridor for both of the regions. There are some projects that are currently under work.

One of them is TAP transmission line, which will move energy of 2000 MW form Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan. The TAPI gas pipeline is the project between Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Thirdly, the CASA 1000 transmission lines will move about 1000 MW of energy from different countries via Afghanistan.

Pathway of Gas Pipeline

Explicitly, it will take huge investments and some of these countries may still need more energy in near future. Thereupon, Afghanistan is the only way from where pipelines and transmission line will pass through.

Easy access and transfer of data

Currently, half of the world’s internet traffic is in Asia and Europe. The speed of transferring the data is approximately 15 TB per second. Internet delivery use a maritime fiber that runs beneath the Mediterranean, the Suez canal and, the Red Sea , then passes Arabian peninsula and Sub-continent to finally opens up to the Asian states. This path has seen assorted problem.

·         There are extreme chances of cable damages and then problems with repair.

·         This long pathway, takes 130 Millisecond for data reach the destination.

Afghanistan will be installing the fiber optics that will connect the areas of different regions. Additionally, it will make the data transfer easily accessible and brisk. By and large, Afghanistan will be the most adequate pathway to supply a more reliable data communication services between the two of the busiest continents, Asia and Europe. Eventually, this will reduce the data transfer time by over 30 Millisecond.

Analysis

To sum up, Ashraf Ghani is playing very accurately to let his country be the hub of economic activities that will be held between regions and continents. Smooth and speedy shift of goods, services and data transfer will all hail to the Afghan’s contributions. Al though, this buffer zone may not have the access to the Oceans but conversely, it definitely can get considerable dividends out of its demography.

Frequently, we do not often use to hear that in future China will need Afghanistan. China’s one belt, one road project will require tough soil of Afghanistan to connect with Middle East and Europe.