{"id":3087,"date":"2010-09-15T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T12:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2010-09-15T12:47:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T12:47:10","slug":"mazar-i-sharif-railway-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/mazar-i-sharif-railway-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazar-i-Sharif railway completed"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISAF reports that construction of the railway from the Uzbek border to the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif<\/a> has been completed.<\/p>\n

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Railway Line Completed in Northern Afghanistan<\/h3>\n

KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 15) – A 75 kilometer rail road main line between Uzbekistan and Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh province was completed recently, opening up economic progress for Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The $165 million project, financed by Japan and the United States<\/a>, began back in May<\/a> and was one of the largest construction projects in Afghan history.<\/p>\n

The idea of building a railway connection from Termez to the capital of Balkh province was born when the Soviet army withdrew from Afghanistan 30 years ago. A single bridge over a border river<\/a> was the only passage between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Almost half of Afghanistan’s imports pass through the border town of Hairatan with the railway expected to handle millions of tons of goods, benefit up to five million people.<\/p>\n

Also planned are an additional 25 kilometers for side and switching yards, which are expected to be completed in November.
\nISAF Joint Command – Afghanistan<\/a> press release, 2010-09-15<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISAF reports that construction of the railway from the Uzbek border to the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif has been completed. Railway Line Completed in Northern Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 15) – A 75 kilometer rail road main line between Uzbekistan and Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh province was completed recently, opening up economic progress for Afghanistan. The $165 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[79,87,114],"class_list":["post-3087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistans-railways","category-projects","tag-hayratan","tag-isaf","tag-mazar-i-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}