Chabahar port is a safe route to reduce Afghanistan’s transit dependence on Pakistan
| While the challenges of Afghanistan and Pakistan continue, according to many Afghan officials and experts, Chabahar Port is a safe route that reduces Kabul's transit dependence on Islamabad. |
Part of the export goods of Central Asian countries are also exported to South Asia via Afghanistan, and increasing the capacity of Chabahar port will make the goods of these countries move faster and with less transit challenges. compared to Pakistan.
Afghanistan has many restrictions for exporting goods to India through Pakistan because Islamabad and New Delhi have a long-standing rivalry with each other.
In August 2023, a A truck carrying Afghanistan’s export goods, which was supposed to be exported to India through Pakistan, was mysteriously set on fire. Pakistan also stops shipments of fresh fruits from Afghanistan, which are mostly exported to India, under various pretexts, which sometimes causes these products to spoil before reaching India.
The previous government of Afghanistan headed by Ashraf Ghani also tried to reduce the amount of dependence on Pakistan in the transit sector by using the communication routes of the Central Asian countries and Iran, but failed.
Chabahar port is the closest way of Afghanistan’s access to open waters after Pakistan’s Karachi port. and by increasing the capacity of this port, the volume of export and import between Afghanistan and India will increase.
On the other hand, Afghan businessmen also say that the limitations and challenges for using Iranian ports are less compared to Pakistan and that is why They tend to use Iran’s capacities for export. However, some Afghan businessmen also criticize that most of the large transit ships anchor in Chabahar port, and for this reason, small and medium businessmen cannot They should use the facilities of these ships and the transportation of small ships to Chabahar should also be provided.
Afghanistan is a landlocked country, the increase of transit routes in the region will reduce the country’s dependence on Pakistan.
However, Qasim Askarinaseb, Director General of Ports and Maritime Affairs of Sistan and Baluchistan, has announced the loading of transit cargo from Afghanistan to India through Chabahar Port.
He said that following the visit of Taliban officials to The capacity of Chabahar port and the activation of the direct line of this port to India have prepared the ground for the transportation of transit goods. >
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