India Might Bag Afghan Iron Ore Reserve

[asad71]

Indian consortium close to bagging the largest untapped iron reserve in the world.

http://www.indiatimes.com/news/news-...w/17708247.cms

1.India's SAIL leads a consortium of Indians who are saying they they will bag the largest untapped iron ore deposit in the world located in Afghanistan. SAIL says it will build a 600 km economic corridor to Iran under the deal. And a processing plant will be set up to provide local employment.

2. India's Tata had pulled every string known to set up a steel plant in BD using our coal and gas. To a man all BD objected and they had to pack up. Indian MNC/capitalist raiders have similarly been thrown out of West Bengal. The main reason behind the Maoist insurgency in six states of India are these raiders.

3. Let's see if Afghans will protect this huge national wealth from foreign companies.

[ډګروال]

Afghans should kick india out and make deals with friendly nations such as japan,korean,Bangladesh,brasil etc.

India is playing a double game here and plays politics to get to our resources,be it anti paki politics or anti Afghan politics by supporting northern alliance.

NO TO INDIA

[Admin Khan]

I generally wish for Afghanistan to have friendly relations with PK, BD, IND, but the last thing any nation wants is for it's resources to have bids in such turmoil conditions, where graft is at it's highest, and corruption is unparalleled. All friendly countries should wait for a secure Afghanistan, before they bid upon it's resources.

Just my dos pesos, perhaps Afghans bureaucrats know more than me.

[Talal]

I generally wish for Afghanistan to have friendly relations with PK, BD, IND, but the last thing any nation wants is for it's resources to have bids in such turmoil conditions, where graft is at it's highest, and corruption is unparalleled. All friendly countries should wait for a secure Afghanistan, before they bid upon it's resources.

Just my dos pesos, perhaps Afghans bureaucrats know more than me.

Thats the thing isnt it, they can sell these ores for measly crores which will directly fill the coffers of everyone in the bureaucracy line. Maybe a JV between an Afghan state company would have been a better plan.

[faye]

what i read was done in iraq, with an american in control, paul bremer, is hand out very long term, very cheap deals to mining and other companies.
he also brought in a regulation conducive to assisting agribusiness like monsanto and gm crops.

http://fooddemocracy.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/iraq-farmers-us-govt-gm-crops-monsanto-f-up-again/

[faye]

this article mentions afghanistan being signed up to an agreement, that can be used for multinationals profiteering.

http://www.grain.org/article/entries/150-iraq-s-new-patent-law-a-declaration-of-war-against-farmers

[Talal]

Well in Afghanistan's case I doubt the talibs would just let them have their way. India would be wise I think to provide adequate job opportunities to labourers and other skilled people otherwise I dont think the taliba would let them just loot it

[Afghanistan2010]

We can get two for one,how?

We sell it to the indians ,get the money.
Later sent taliban to get the stuff back,and claim it as afghan properity....! Good isn't it?
where do we learn this from the yakuza.

[Afghanistan2010]

Afghans should kick india out and make deals with friendly nations such as japan,korean,Bangladesh,brasil etc.

India is playing a double game here and plays politics to get to our resources,be it anti paki politics or anti Afghan politics by supporting northern alliance.

NO TO INDIA

Not to forget,
Puerto rico,Venezuela,Turkey,Malysia,Indonesia.

[abassinafghan]

korea ? turkey ? friendly ???

korea had a 3000 strong force in the enduring freedom mission of the americans

turkey part of the isaf also , let alone their support for dostum ...

japan contributing financially to the enduring freedom mission ...


its so funny if kids talk about politics ... go ask your sheikh google son ...