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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>Gateway to Central Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo  of an Uzbek locomotive (a TEM2?), &#8220;The train that crosses the Friendship Bridge into Uzbekistan in Northern Afghanistan&#8221;.

Afghanistan’s only rail services are located in Northern Afghanistan. One connects the Friendship Bridge between Termiz in Uzbekistan and Haryaton in Afghanistan’s, Balkh Province. The second is located between Kushka in Turkmenistan and Towraghondi in Faryab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China and Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/3055/china-and-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan in China’s Emerging Eurasian Transport Corridor, China Brief Volume: 10 Issue: 14, July 9 2010, by Richard Weitz. &#8220;In the case of railroad construction, the PRC brings several distinct advantages to this endeavor&#8230;&#8221; 
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		<title>MCC to build Kunduz - Jalalabad railway</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/3023/mcc-to-build-kunduz-jalalabad-railway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/3023/mcc-to-build-kunduz-jalalabad-railway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[copper mine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;75km Railway to be Completed in Afghanistan&#8221;, reported TOLOnews on 2 August 2010. Work is &#8220;50 percent completed&#8221;, and there is a new opening date: &#8220;I hope the construction of this rail-road will be completed by the end of March, 2011,&#8221; said the Minister of Public Works, Abdul Qudoos Hamidi. 
There is also this hint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Problems with transport in Uzbekistan</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/3044/problems-with-transport-in-uzbekistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/3044/problems-with-transport-in-uzbekistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A EurasiaNet article by Deirdre Tynan discussing &#8220;a morass of inefficiency, arbitrariness and “informal” payments&#8221; in Uzbekistan.

Documents Highlight Problems with Uzbek Corridor of Afghan Supply Route
June 28, 2010 
Responses to a Pentagon-issued request for information about sourcing fuel in Uzbekistan appear to suggest that the Uzbek-Afghan corridor of the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECO train returns</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2995/eco-train-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2995/eco-train-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

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The Istanbul - Tehran - Islamabad eastbound return working of last year&#8217;s westbound Economic Cooperation Organization train left Istanbul on August 2, running via Iran&#8217;s Bam - Zahedan line. 
The eastbound train of vans and container wagons - seen here in Turkey - was due to arrive in Islamabad on August 13, a faster transit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran offered to fund 1970s rail project</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2745/iran-offered-to-fund-1970s-rail-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2745/iran-offered-to-fund-1970s-rail-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[The Times]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although relations between Iran and the Soviet Union are at present friendly [...] the opportunities for the Russians to make difficulties through Kabul are thus abundant, though Kabul&#8217;s rulers would have to forego the $2,00m (£1,111m) which the Shah has offered for the building of Afghanistan&#8217;s first railway line. 
Hostile neighbours fuel Shah&#8217;s defence fears, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos of the Friendship Bridge</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2904/photos-of-the-friendship-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2904/photos-of-the-friendship-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Friendship Bridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hayratan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some photos on Flickr. Some of the captions refer to the &#8220;Freedom Bridge&#8221;, though the road-rail crossing of the Amu Darya between Hayratan and a point east of Termez it is usually called the &#8220;Friendship Bridge&#8221;.

BALKH PROVINCE, Afghanistan (May 27, 2010) —An Afghan Border Policeman stands watch on the Freedom Bridge crossing the Amu Darya [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian railway strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2966/iranian-railway-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2966/iranian-railway-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Middle East rail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At least Iran makes the trains run on time by Jeff Kouba at Peace Like A River. 
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		<title>Coal mine railway in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2936/coal-mine-railway-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2936/coal-mine-railway-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan's railways]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[industrial railway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some notes on the Karkar and Dudkash coal mines, which use narrow gauge railways. It would appear they had at least four locomotives in the past.
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		<title>Photos of derelict Khyber Pass railway</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2726/photos-of-derelict-khyber-pass-railway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/2726/photos-of-derelict-khyber-pass-railway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Grantham</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos of Peshawar and the Khyber Pass taken by Anthony Maw on 27 August 2007, showing the remains of the Khyber railway. 
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