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India Takes Over Iran’s Strategic Chabahar Port

25th December, 2018 · admin 30 Comments
Chabahar Port, Iran (file photo)

Chabahar Port, Iran (file photo)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
December 25, 2018

India has formally taken over operations at Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port, a move that could have significant geopolitical ramifications in the region.

The port on the Indian Ocean, inaugurated last year, is being built largely by India and is expected to provide a key supply route for Afghanistan while allowing India to bypass rival Pakistan to trade with Central Asia.

Representatives from India, Iran, and Afghanistan met in Tehran to formally hand over control to state-owned India Ports Global Limited (IPGL).

An Iranian official was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying that IPGL had been granted the lease for “a temporary period of 18 months and a ten-year period afterwards.”

The official added that IPGL’s management would include “loading and unloading, supplying equipment and marketing.”

The U.S. State Department in November exempted the Chabahar Port project from sanctions in recognition of its importance to landlocked Afghanistan.

The effort to build up Afghanistan’s economy is also aimed at reducing Kabul’s dependence on foreign aid and putting a major dent in the illicit opium trade that has been a major source of revenue for the Taliban insurgency.

New Delhi has poured $2 billion into development in Afghanistan since the 2001 U.S.-led overthrow of the Taliban’s government.

Based on reporting by Hindustan Times and IRNA

Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.

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30 thoughts on “India Takes Over Iran’s Strategic Chabahar Port”

  1. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    ANGLO/US
    —————-
    SUPREME REGIONAL
    *AUTHORITIES
    .
    ARE STRIVING, EXTREMELY HARD, IN CONJUNCTION
    WITH CERTAIN ANTIMUSLIM
    INDIAN
    POLITICAL ELEMENTS
    TO
    TURN
    AND
    ENSLAVE
    AFGHANISTAN
    TO
    A
    PURE
    “BANANA-TYPE”
    REPUBLIC.
    =========••••••••••••=•••••••••••
    ===========
    =====

    It’s the enemy’s persistent “military/geopolitical”
    parasitic strategy
    to
    deprive all the
    great people of Afghanistan
    from
    International markets.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    BROTHERS AND SISTERS :
    ***
    **
    *
    PLEAD;
    CHRVK IT OUT, CLOSELY,
    FOR
    YOURSELF !

  2. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 5:11 pm

    MEANT
    TO SAY:
    ==========•••
    .
    PLEASE;
    CHECK
    IT ALL OUT
    A LITTLE
    CLOSELY !

  3. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 5:29 pm

    Afghanistan
    has
    huge numerous ancient and modern routes and access
    to
    international markets through all the surroundig nieghboting countries- it has been done throughout the millennia.
    .
    All they have to do is
    to
    have those nieghboring countries
    help facilitate
    commercial shipping through all those routes based on mutual interests- all of those Islamic countries critically need their own trading routes through Afghanistan as well.
    .
    So; what is the point of invaders’ focusing all the commercials activities on just one port and under the directions of the
    proven enemies
    of
    Afghanistan and the Muslims world
    in
    general.

    The main reason that they are opting for this stupid only route is
    to
    control the regional economy
    and
    consequently
    the freedom of the
    people of Afghanistan.

  4. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 5:32 pm

    *IT MAKES
    NO LOGICAL
    SENSE !

  5. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 5:37 pm

    The US authorities are obviously planning
    to
    cut back
    on
    their regional military aids and expenditures- it looks like thecrazy Englishman is cooking new weird ideas,
    in an order to generate cash; and ironically, all under their control.

  6. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 5:44 pm

    THE

    MEANWHILE:
    ==========
    =====
    ==
    THE
    “SUPREME AUTHORITIES”
    OF
    THE ANGLO/US
    REGIONAL
    BULLYING STRONGMEN
    ARE ANXIOUSLY
    LURKING AND WAITING
    UNDER
    THE DARK SHADOWS.

  7. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 5:49 pm

    *SIMPLIFYING
    THOSE
    ABSTRACT
    AND
    MONUMENTALLY-COMPLEX
    “ISSUES”
    ARE NOT
    THAT EASY;
    .
    MY *FRIEND !

  8. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 6:37 pm

    YES; it will surely going to turn out
    as
    an easy
    human trafficking
    route
    all over the world
    and
    for various exploitations.
    ===
    ==
    =
    HAVE FUN !
    ~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~~~~
    THE
    CRUISE SHIPS
    WILL
    BE
    WAITING
    FOR
    YOU !

  9. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 6:47 pm

    A
    FLOATING
    ENGLISHMAN’S
    CREATIVE ECONOMIC SALVATION,
    PACKAGED
    FOR
    AFGHANISTAN;
    IRONICALLY, IT IS
    NOT
    SOMETHING NEW- IT HAS BEEN
    CONCRIVE, APPLIED SND PERPETUATED ON, ON AND OFF,
    ((ON TRIAL AND ERROR BASIS)),
    NOW, FOR OVER TWO HUNDREDS OF
    YEARS.

  10. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 6:57 pm

    ALL
    THE
    OBSEQUIOUSLY-SERVILE
    SURROUNDING COUNTRIES
    ARE
    GAINING AND/OR WAITING
    FOR
    FAVORS- ALL
    ON
    EXPENSE
    OF
    THE
    LIVELIHOODS
    OF
    THE
    PEOPLE
    OF
    AFGHANISTAN.
    ===
    ==
    =
    HOW CAN
    *YOU
    BEAT THAT ?????
    *

  11. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 7:19 pm

    *THEY MIGHT AS WELL
    CALL
    IT
    “NEW HONK KONG”.

  12. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    NEW HONK KONKS
    FOR
    AFGHANISTAN:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~
    ~~~
    Indian Ocean
    Caspian Sea
    Black Sea
    Pacific Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    Baltic Ovran
    Mediterranean Sea
    Baikal Lake
    Great Lakes
    .
    AND
    ALL THE REST- IT WILL THEN MIRICULOUSLY NEW HONK KONKS
    FOR
    AFGHANISTAN:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~
    ~~~
    Indian Ocean
    Caspian Sea
    Black Sea
    Pacific Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    Baltic Ovran
    Mediterranean Sea
    Baikal Lake
    Great Lakes
    AND
    ALL THE REST- IT WILL THEN MIRICULOUSLY NEW HONK KONKS
    FOR
    AFGHANISTAN:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ~~~~~~
    ~~~
    Indian Ocean
    Caspian Sea
    Black Sea
    Pacific Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    Baltic Ovran
    Mediterranean Sea
    Baikal Lake
    Great Lakes
    AND
    ALL
    THE REST- IT WILL THEN
    MIRACULOUSLY
    TURN AFGHANISTAN THE MOST PROSPEROUS COUNTRY
    ON
    THE
    FACE OF YHE EARTH.

  13. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 7:36 pm

    *GOOD LUCk !

  14. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 10:56 pm

    The Indians better show respects for high percentage of their own
    MUSLIM population before
    indulging
    in
    economic
    affairs
    of
    Afghanistan.
    ***
    **
    *
    THE INDIAN AUTHORITIES CAN NOT COMPREND COMPLEX SOCIO/POLITICAL SITUATION OF AFGHANISTAN, DUE, MAINLY, TO THEIR PAST STATUS AS COLLONIZED SECOND CITIZENS AND THEIR EXPLOITION UNDER THE PAST ENGLISH MILITARY AND POLITICAL TYRANY.

    YOU CAN NOT RECONCILE THAT KIND OF WEIRD AND LIW CLASS
    ATTITUDE IN AFGHANISTAN
    AT ALL- THE CRAZY ENGLISHMAN
    WAS ALWAYS DEFEATED AND KICKED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THEIR PAST COLLONIAL EXPERIENCE IN SUB-CONTINENT INDIA.
    ===
    ==
    =
    THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DRAGGED THE GIOOFY AMERICAN MEGALOMANIACS
    INTO
    ATTACKING AFGHANISTAN- JUST LIKE THEY HAD DONE IT BEFORE IN THEIR THREE GRAND BUT TOTALLY-FAILED SAVAGE ATTEMPTS DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES.

  15. Baghlani says:
    December 25, 2018 at 10:59 pm

    *ALL OF YOU RATS
    GET
    OUT
    OF
    *AFGHANISTAN !

  16. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 1:02 am

    And- don’t forget,
    to
    take your
    ”AMEEGOOS”
    with you !

  17. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 3:40 am

    *Your
    “AMEEGOOZ”
    love
    to
    stand by *your
    side !

  18. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 3:44 am

    I AM TALKING ABOUT
    YOUR
    “EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL”
    *AMEEGOOZ .

  19. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 3:51 am

    AFGHANISTAN
    IS
    THE BITAL PULSE
    OF
    SIUTH WEST ASIA- LIKE IT OR NOT !
    =======•=====================
    ================
    ===========
    YOU WILL, NO CHOICE; BUT,
    TO
    LEARN
    TO
    RESPECT AND HONOR
    IT
    ON
    ITS OWN
    INTRINSICALLY-DEVELOPED
    CIVILIZED
    TERMS- MARK
    MY
    WORDS !

  20. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 4:13 am

    *It is
    a
    solid aspirations and shining reflections
    of
    the whole people
    of
    the entire region- THOSE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES,
    ((NEXT
    TO
    AFGHANISTAN)),
    HAVE HAD BEEN
    SUPPRESSED AND EXPLOITED
    FOR TOO LONG
    ALREADY.
    ===
    ==
    =
    *OLD BULLYING APPROACH
    ALREADY
    HAVE HAD
    DEFINITELY LOST ITS ZESTS
    AND
    MAXIMUM
    TOLERANCE LEVEL
    TO
    THE
    FINAL LIMIT !
    ==========
    ===========
    ============
    A NEW
    LOGICALLY-RESPECTFUL
    NEW GLOBAL PEACE STRATEGY
    TOWARDS THE
    GREAT MUSLIM PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE REGION
    IS
    LONG DUE- THE
    ONLY
    SOLUTION.

    .

  21. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 4:31 am

    ================
    ••••===•==•=•=••=•=••
    THE
    WHOLE
    “SUPERFICIALLY-SUSTAINED”
    REGION
    IS
    NOT STANDING
    ON
    SOLID
    GROUNDS !
    ===
    ==
    =
    NEITHER ECONOMICALLY
    NOR
    SOCIALLY !

  22. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 4:46 am

    I am talking about
    over
    four
    hundred millions
    of
    regular folks who are residing
    in and around
    the borders
    of
    Afghanistan.

  23. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 4:48 am

    Eccentricy
    is not the option, in here !

  24. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 4:55 am

    Sorry,
    meant to say:
    =========
    *
    Eccentricity
    to
    the point
    of
    insanity- that is
    where you have, all along, had had been
    setting your whole agendas
    and
    assumptions
    on !

  25. BAGHLANI says:
    December 27, 2018 at 5:00 am

    THAT IS
    WHY
    IT
    IS SO
    INIMICALLY
    DYSFUNCTIONAL- BEYOND REPAIR !
    =============
    =======
    ====
    *YOU ARE
    THE
    PROBLEM !

  26. BAGHLANI says:
    December 28, 2018 at 1:26 am

    *IT MIGHT LEAD
    TO
    A
    HONORABLE
    DESTINY
    FOR ALL- A
    TRUE
    ECONOMIC AND SPIRITUAL FREEDOM
    FOR
    FOUR HUNDRED MILLIONS
    OF
    DESTITUTE AND DEPRIVED
    SOULS;
    IN AND AROUND
    THE BORDERS
    OF
    GREAT *
    *AFGHANISTAN.
    *

  27. BAGHLANI says:
    December 28, 2018 at 1:28 am

    AND-
    ======
    FOR THE GOOD
    OF
    ALL
    THE
    *HUMANITY !

  28. BAGHLANI says:
    December 28, 2018 at 1:37 am

    *ALL
    DEPENDENT
    ON
    THE OUTCOME
    OF
    THE
    RIGHTEOUS
    STRUGGLE
    OF
    THE
    “REGULAR FOLKS”;
    OF
    AFGHANISTAN.

  29. BAGHLANI says:
    December 28, 2018 at 2:12 am

    *HOPE AND *PRAY
    FOR
    THAT !
    *

  30. BAGHLANI says:
    December 28, 2018 at 2:16 am

    *IT IS
    GOD-GIVEN
    AND
    ALL
    YOURS !
    ======

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