Afghanistan to build 3,500km of railways by 2030, official says

Staff Report

KABUL -- Afghanistan plans to build 3,500km of railways by 2030, Abdul Bari Seddiqi, the director of railway infrastructures at the Afghanistan Railway Authority, said in Kabul recently, according to a Tuesday (December 6) Afghanistan.ru report.

The country presently has less than 100km of functioning railways.

Speaking at the same news conference, Public Works Minister Mahmoud Baligh stressed the importance of developing rail transport in Afghanistan.

By 2017, the recently opened Turkmen-Afghan railway extending from Atamyrat, Turkmenistan, to Aqina, Afghanistan will be carrying about 1 million tonnes of freight per year, Baligh predicted.

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According to the works started by the current government of the Islamic Emirate, by 2030 they will build more than 3,500 railway lines. The government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan implemented the plans that Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan and Ashraf Ghani had in Afghanistan. The plans were made by Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan and Ashraf Ghani. They are being implemented by the same Taliban whose names were scary for majority of the people of Afghanistan, because they were called to be Pakistanis and they were destroying our homeland. Meanwhile, the same Taliban made this homeland so prosperous within two years that the previous government had not made it prosperous within 20 years. It should be remembered that the previous government had built tall houses and commercial markets just for themselves and for their families. The previous government of Afghanistan did not work on projects that would benefit the future of Afghanistan. The work done by the current government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Afghanistan is appreciated by all Afghans. The only thing that the Taliban has done, which not only the people of Afghanistan but also the people of the world have criticized, is closing the gates of the girls’ universities and schools. We request the government of the emirate to open the gates of girls' universities and schools to our children so that all the people of the world and Afghanistan express their gratitude to you. Taliban leaders, this is your time to prove yo

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