The pipeline fantasy is very real , you just need to watch more than the CBC. To keep it simple for you so you'll be able to follow the plan, just use Wikepedia and it will give you the dumbed down version of the Trans-Afghanistan pipeline.
As for conspiracy theorists, Bush and Co, the architects of the invasion and destruction of Afghanistan did it because in response to the conspiracy theory that OBL, a little old man in the mountains, was a threat to the most power military nation on the planet with over 300 million people.