Indian media: The Taliban has big dreams for Afghanistan’s railways

People have been talking about the Trans-Afghan Railway for more than 100 years, a project that would lead to an economic corridor between Asia, The Hindu wrote in a report titled “Taliban has big dreams for Afghan railway”. Central and South Asia will become.

This media further stated that the Trans-Afghan route will become an economic corridor between Central Asia and South Asia. It is one of the two railway projects that the Taliban authorities are looking for in an effort to connect Afghanistan to other places. A spokesman for the Taliban government’s railway department told The Hindu that it will take time to build a railway line to Pakistan.

He added that based on current estimates, when Once the actual work process of this project begins, the construction phase will take three to five years. Durrani also stated that the initial figures show the cost. 4 to 5 billion dollars for this project, although he did not say anything about the financial resources of this project, he said that Kabul is negotiating with various countries and financial institutions.

Previously, the Deputy Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan, Jesurbig Khuriyev, said The joint railway project with Afghanistan and Pakistan will be completed by 2027.

The plan of this railway between Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan was presented in 2018 with the aim of creating an economic corridor that would connect Central Asia to the waters of the Indian Ocean. This railway starts from Tirmaz and reaches Peshawar in Pakistan after passing through the cities of Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul.

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