AVA - Route for trans-Afghan railroad finalised

Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan agreed on the route of a railway project connecting the three countries.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Afghanistan Railway Authority said in a statement that the rail link will pass through the country’s Mazar-i-Sharif city and Kharlachi border crossing in Paktia.

The agreement was signed in a trilateral meeting in Islamabad that was attended by railway officials of the three countries and Pakistan’s railways and finance ministers. Afghan and Uzbek ambassadors in Islamabad were also present.

At the meeting, the parties also approved a one-year plan for the project based on which international consulting firms will prepare information about the project to share with international financial institutions and countries to attract their investment in the project.

They also stressed that the feasibility study of the project should be conducted with full accuracy, quality and appropriate speed so that practical work could start soon.