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Afghanistan: Uzbekistan to host meeting on trans-Afghan railway project
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KABUL, 12 April 2022, (TON): Teams from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan will meet in the city of Termez, Uzbekistan, to discuss key issues around the $5 billion railway project that passes through Afghanistan to link up with Pakistan’s seaports.
Bakht-ur-Rahman Sharafat, head of the Afghan railway department, said “all preparations have been made for the start of the railway project and that the Ministry of Interior has given a written commitment to ensure its safety.”
He added “Uzbekistan will build the railway from Naibabad city in Uzbekistan to Mazar-e-Sharif and Samangan in Afghanistan and that Pakistan will continue its part of the railway from Jalalabad to Peshawar.”
He said “we have a meeting in the Termez city of Uzbekistan to discuss and monitor things closely and see how things are and where to start.”
Abdul Latif Nazari, the deputy minister of economy said “we support the development of the road, and our goal is for Afghanistan to be a linking point in the region through railways.”
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