{"id":3241,"date":"2010-11-02T22:49:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T22:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2010-11-02T22:49:43","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T22:49:43","slug":"herat-railway-will-start-operation-soon-says-iranian-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/herat-railway-will-start-operation-soon-says-iranian-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Herat railway “will start operation soon”, says Iranian official"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Iranian-backed railway from Khaf in Iran to the Afghan city of Herat<\/a> will open “in the near future”, reports Iranian news agency Fars. Unfortunately there is no definition of “near future”! <\/p>\n

A previous report earlier this year<\/a> suggested that a lot of work was still required within Afghan territory. Does anyone know the current situation?<\/p>\n

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Iran to Inaugurate Transit Railway with Afghanistan Soon<\/h3>\n

A senior Iranian legislator announced on Saturday [30 October 2010] that the country plans to inaugurate a transit railway line linking Iran’s eastern parts to the western regions in Afghanistan in the near future in a move to facilitate transfer of goods and cargos between the two neighboring countries. \t<\/p>\n

“The transit line which will link Torbat Heidariyeh (in Northeastern Iran) to Herat (in Western Afghanistan) will start operation soon and it is due to be extended to Iran’s Southern-most port city of Chabahar (on the rims of the Persian Gulf),” member of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Ali Rezaee told FNA.<\/p>\n

[More…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Source: Fars News Agency<\/a>, 2010-10-30<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n