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originally posted by: bastion
The article is a bit misleading.
The agreement was brokered under Trump. It was signed by US Envoy and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar of the Taliban and Mike Pompeo as witness On 29 Feb 2020. The Biden admin are reviewing that deal due to an increase in terrorism by the Taliban.
TAPI project is from way back in 1995; The US Gov and US companies have always backed it. The Taliban were invited to negotiations with Unocal in Texas in 1997. Every President since Clinton has been involved with getting the Taliban onboard the project; it was heavilly featured in the 2019 and 2020 peace agreements.
The deal was re-signed in 2002 following the US led war in Afghanistan, construction of the Afghanistan section started in Feb 2018. The US has always backed it as the alternative is the Russia-Iranian-Pakistan pipeline. one of the key aims of the war in Afghanistan was to have it implemented to gain geopolitical power.