Really??? Not a good idea to have an oil pipeline through Afghanistan? AHhahahah!
"IN 1998 AMERICA WANTED NEW GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF OIL PIPELINE
America has wanted a new government in Afghanistan since at least 1998, three years before the attacks on 11 September 2001. The official report from a meeting of the U.S. Government's foreign policy committee on 12 February 1998, available on the U.S. Government website, confirms that the need for a West-friendly government was recognised long before the War on Terror that followed September 11th:
"The U.S. Government's position is that we support multiple pipelines...
The Unocal pipeline is among those pipelines that would receive our
support under that policy. I would caution that while we do support the
project, the U.S. Government has not at this point recognized any
governing regime of the transit country, one of the transit countries,
Afghanistan, through which that pipeline would be routed. But we do
support the project."
Referenced from:
Oil Pipe through Afghanistan
Read and weep.
One special thing to. The Taliban were offered a ton of cash for thier cooperation in the pipeline. Taliban were in the US and making deals with Oil companies. If any deals were made they were officially denied. Conspiracy theory is that the Taliban are in on the deal. Who knows though.