In 2007 equipment for the German military at Mazar-e-Sharif was sent by rail from Berlin to Hayratan, taking 28 to 32 days to cover around 6000 km via Poland, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

STUTE unterstützt Bundeswehr mit kompetenter Transportlogistik (PDF) is a German-language article about it published by STUTE.