A total of 67,908 metric tons of goods were transported via the country’s railways last week. The Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA) reported.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said that, the transfer of commodities between South Asian Nations and Central Asia via Afghanistan has increased.

The first delivery of Afghan goods through the international transport corridor Lapis Lazuli, which passes through Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey and further to Europe, will be held in October, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said.

Advisor to the President of Afghanistan and the chairman of the Afghan Airfields Economic Development Commission said Chabahar Port and Free Zone in southern Iran play an important role in the development and transit of Afghan goods and can connect the country to free waters.