MAZAR-I-SHARIF: Work on railway line to begin soon: Officials from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have agreed to launch construction work on a 75-kilometre railway line, linking Mazar-i-Sharif with the Hairatan dry port.
An agreement to the effect was reached at talks between the two sides on January 16.
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The construction of another railway line — linking the airport in Mazar-i-Sharif to Dara-i-Sauf district of neighbouring Samangan province — would be launched in the second phase, he revealed.[more]
Source: South Asian Outlook quoting Pajhwok Afghan News, 2010-02-??
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Mazar-i-Sharif line to be extended to Dara-i-Sauf
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Herat line delayed
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Afghan news agency Pajhwok reports on 28 December 2009 that the Iran to Herat railway is being delayed.
A Google Translation from Persian suggests it is down to some kind of financing problems.
There is a photograph showing some newly laid railway track – is it the Herat line, or a generic photo?
