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	<title>Railways of Afghanistan</title>
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	<description>Afghan railroads, past, present and future</description>
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		<title>First commercial freight train on Mazar-i-Sharif railway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrations were held at Naibabad freight terminal at 12.00 on February 3, when ‘a substantial reception party’ greeted the arrival of the first train carrying commercial traffic on the 75 km rail link between Hairatan and Mazar-i-Sharif. [more...] Source: Afghan railway starts commercial traffic, Railway Gazette International, 3 February 2012 The train was hauled by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andkhoy railway studies complete, work to start &#8216;soon&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Design studies for the second Turkmenistan &#8211; Afghanistan railway line have been completed, and work will start &#8220;soon&#8221;, the Afghan President&#8217;s office reports following a meeting between Presidents Karzai and Berdimuhamedov in Türkmenbaşy on 25 January 2012. &#8230; President Karzai met Wednesday morning President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to discuss a number of important economic projects including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkmenistan railways</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Turkmenistan&#8221; magazine had an issue about the country&#8217;s railways (PDF) in March 2006, which you can read online in English and Russian. Turkmenistan is a bit of an information black hole, beyond the legendary revolving gold statue of the late president. There doesn&#8217;t even seem to be a website for the national railway company (unless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steam locomotive on top of an Uzbek mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On top of a hill in a remote area of Uzbekistan is a steam locomotive painted in the colours of the national flag. What is it, and how on earth did it get up there?]]></description>
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		<title>Herat railway construction and Afghan coal mining on video</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/4493/herat-railway-construction-and-afghan-coal-mining-on-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan's railways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are downloadable MP4 format videos entitled Afghanistan Train Line, Coal Baghlan Province and Gold Mine on the website of Awaz News, &#8220;an Afghan independent news agency operating throughout Afghanistan and providing in-depth reporting to television and radio networks.&#8221; On the &#8220;Economy/Infrastructures&#8221; section of the website, the &#8220;Afghanistan Train Line&#8221; (13 minutes) video includes images [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hairatan railway photos</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/4485/hairatan-photos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of photographs of Hairatan which the Asian Development Bank has uploaded to Flickr. They are dated 27 August 2011 &#8211; and I think they might have the captions the wrong way round. &#8220;A private wagon enters from Uzbekistan to the border of Afghanistan Hiaratan in the new rail way line.&#8221; &#8220;Main station of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museum photos and an angle iron plan</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/4465/museum-photos-and-an-angle-iron-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan's railways]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We saw the old trains of Kabul as well, which was very cool. I knew there was an original railway here but I didn&#8217;t know where or if it was still in Kabul. A Day at the Afghanistan National Museum is an article by Jim Rentfrow at the website of the Green Gem Foundation, &#8220;new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos of Pakistan Railways in 1978</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/4457/photos-of-pakistan-railways-in-1978/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/4457/photos-of-pakistan-railways-in-1978/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Woods has uploaded to Flickr some wonderful photos of Pakistan Railways in 1978. There is lots of steam, including on the Khyber Pass. Well worth a browse.]]></description>
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		<title>Test train runs to Mazar-i-Sharif</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/4468/test-train-runs-to-mazar-i-sharif/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems a test train ran on the Hairaton to Mazar-i-Sharif railway line on 21 December 2011. There are lots of media reports using &#8220;Afghanistan opening first major train service&#8220;, an Associated Press report by Kay Johnson and Rahim Faiez. The BBC reports the &#8220;seven-carriage train&#8221; ran empty: The first journey on Wednesday was intended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the slow train</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/4436/on-the-slow-train/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call it the ultimate in military logistics. As land routes from Pakistan into Afghanistan are cut, sabotaged or otherwise interrupted, the U.S. military has developed alternative railroad routes that make the Orient Express look like a branch line. They are called &#8212; rather prosaically &#8212; the Northern Distribution Network, or NDN. The main route begins [...]]]></description>
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