On the drawing board

M K Bhadrakumar says there is a new plan for supplying Afghanistan:

The US is working on the idea of ferrying cargo for Afghanistan via the Black Sea to the port of Poti in Georgia and then dispatching it through the territories of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. A branch line could also go from Georgia via Azerbaijan to the Turkmen-Afghan border.

He points out that this might have the advantage of bringing those countries into the NATO orbit, and continue the encirclement of Russia and China.

It seems to me though, that the cost and complexity of such a plan make it unlikely to ever get it off of the drawing board. It would also be very vulnerable to disruption, and still subject to Russian pressure. Still, an interesting idea.