Afghanistan plans gas pipeline. Surprise surprise. We know that prior to the invasion of Afghanistan, UNICAL and Bridas were competing for the contract to build an oil pipeline through Afghanistan called CentGas short for Central Asia Gas Pipeline.
The British Telegraph reported in 1997 "Oil barons court Taliban in Texas," the Taliban was about to sign a £2 billion contract with an American oil company to build a pipeline across the war-torn country.
Bridas was an Argentina firm while Unical was American. When the Taliban finally awarded the contract to build the oil pipeline to Bridas, the Argentina firm, not long after Afghanistan was invaded and the contract given to the Americans.
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