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Originally Posted by Oscar
And after them why not kirghiztan or kazakhstan? The whole CIS except Russia?
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Heck, why not Russia too - it would sove your problem once and for all!
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On a more serious and practical note, from
Russian bid to replace Pakistan as supply route: War in Afghanistan -DAWN - Top Stories; April 02, 2008:
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Russian bid to replace Pakistan as supply route: War in Afghanistan
By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, April 1: At the Nato summit, which begins in Bucharest on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to offer an alternative route for supplying US and Nato troops in Afghanistan.
The proposal, if accepted, will change the course of the war in Afghanistan and will also have far-reaching consequences for Pakistan as Nato’s 43,000 troops in Afghanistan rely heavily on supplies transported via Pakistan.
Diplomatic sources in Washington told Dawn that Russian and Nato diplomats have already held a series of “productive and successful” talks on a plan that would allow non-military material – such as clothing, food and petrol – to cross Russia by land.
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It certainly be a major diplomatic coup for the allied forces' efforts in Afghanistan. Imagine the vast array of diplomatic and military solutions that will suddenly become available when the NATO commanders no longer have to poosyfoot around the "sensibilties" of the sole (part-time) ally who holds the logistics lines open (sometimes).