At one point in time we had access to Afghanistan via one of the “stan” countries to the north. Don’t know if that door is still open...
“At one point in time we had access to Afghanistan via one of the “stan” countries to the north.”
We still have airbases in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and good relations with Tajikistan. The problem with those is the same as Afghanistan - you have to fly everything in before it gets on trucks. Through Pakistan you can go from ship to truck, which is a much bigger pipeline, and much more cost effective.