{"id":6725,"date":"2016-09-07T20:20:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T19:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/?p=6725"},"modified":"2016-10-10T20:33:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T19:33:28","slug":"tracklaying-underway-on-iran-herat-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/tracklaying-underway-on-iran-herat-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracklaying starts on Afghan section of Iran &#8211; Herat railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A ceremony marks the start of tracklaying on the Afghan section of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/railways\/iran-to-herat\/\">Iran to Herat railway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(PT) Also today in western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash\">#Afghanistan<\/a>, another ceremony marked the first laying of track on AF portion of Herat (AF)-Khaf (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash\">#Iran<\/a>) railway.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charles Haviland (@cfhaviland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfhaviland\/status\/773513505978851328\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Herat?src=hash\">#Herat<\/a>-Khawaf railway has been inaugurated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0SFY6ZP1TW\">pic.twitter.com\/0SFY6ZP1TW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zakarya Hassani (@ZakariaHassani4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZakariaHassani4\/status\/773472162338467841\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The locomotives are Islamic Repubic of Iran Railways <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railwaygazette.com\/news\/business\/single-view\/view\/president-ahmadinejad-opens-diesel-locomotive-plant.html\">Siemens\/Mapna Iranrunnner or Safir<\/a> locos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=102932747241477391016.0004777e9029f56481a83&amp;ll=34.814958,60.723617&amp;spn=0.882229,2.911206&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps\/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=102932747241477391016.0004777e9029f56481a83&amp;ll=34.814958,60.723617&amp;spn=0.882229,2.911206&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Railroad track from Khaaf in Iran reaches zero point at Afghan border. Track-laying on Afghan side begins. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bm44NsX44Z\">pic.twitter.com\/Bm44NsX44Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mujib Mashal (@MujMash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MujMash\/status\/773484184262377472\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2. Iranian ambassador Bahrami: our biggest message is that Afghanistan is no longer landlocked. Chah-bahar is there and they can always use.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mujib Mashal (@MujMash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MujMash\/status\/773553344392593410\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3. The railroad project was delayed by several years, but Iran finally finished its half. Many will be watching Afghan portion closely.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mujib Mashal (@MujMash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MujMash\/status\/773553968702259201\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4. The project&#39;s 1st phase inside Afghan territory, abt 62km in Ghoriyan district, was launched today &amp; expected to be completed in 4 months<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mujib Mashal (@MujMash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MujMash\/status\/773554603820539904\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5. But 4th &amp; most important phase that will connect it to Herat city is in early planning stages, with Italians just promising funds for it<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mujib Mashal (@MujMash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MujMash\/status\/773554912802271234\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">constructing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/railway?src=hash\">#railway<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/infrastructure?src=hash\">#infrastructure<\/a> is the turning point n <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/regional?src=hash\">#regional<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/economy?src=hash\">#economy<\/a> .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ADB?src=hash\">#ADB<\/a> helps <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFG?src=hash\">#AFG<\/a> bridge the gape <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t1AgiTK8R5\">pic.twitter.com\/t1AgiTK8R5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sawabdin Makhkash (@smakhkash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smakhkash\/status\/777763972556713984\">September 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ceremony marks the start of tracklaying on the Afghan section of the Iran to Herat railway. (PT) Also today in western #Afghanistan, another ceremony marked the first laying of track on AF portion of Herat (AF)-Khaf (#Iran) railway. &mdash; Charles Haviland (@cfhaviland) September 7, 2016 BREAKING: #Herat-Khawaf railway has been inaugurated. pic.twitter.com\/0SFY6ZP1TW &mdash; Zakarya [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[81,85,304],"class_list":["post-6725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistans-railways","tag-herat","tag-iran","tag-khaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725","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=6725"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6757,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6725\/revisions\/6757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}