.
Afghanistan: Iran in talks with Taliban to resume ambitious rail project
- font size decrease font size
increase font size
KABUL, 10 March 2022, (TON): According to an Iranian official “Iran is holding talks with the Taliban to resume construction of an ambitious rail project that ultimately aims to connect at least five Central Asian countries.”
According to Iranian transit official Abbas Khatibi “Iran is ready to make further investments and both sides are willing to finish construction on a rail line connecting Khaf in northeastern Iran with Herat in northwestern Afghanistan.”
Khatibi, a deputy head of the Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company of Iran, was quoted by the Tasnim news website as saying the project could boost trade and reduce transit costs.
He said “this rail line can also link Afghanistan with Iran’s southern ports.”
He added that when fully complete, the project could eventually carve a path linking China to Turkey.
Leave a comment
Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.
