Part of the info I was going by can be found here
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/caspgrph.html
You are right about it not being the shortest route to the sea. I fyou look at the map at the foot of the page, there are proposals by the Pakistan gov't to build a pipeline through Afghanistan and also an existing (I believe) unused one through Afghanistan that serviced Pakistan. These pipelines would mean boith work and income for Pakistan, maybe this is the reason for their involvement, because the Taliban said no to the plans.
I don't know, I wasn't there at the meetings but it's all a bit suspicious.
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