{"id":6806,"date":"2016-11-28T20:28:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/?p=6806"},"modified":"2016-11-28T21:54:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T21:54:52","slug":"presidents-open-turkmenistan-afghanistan-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/presidents-open-turkmenistan-afghanistan-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents open Turkmenistan &#8211; Afghanistan railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 1st train crossed Turkmen\/Afghan border arrives at Aqina, marks the 3rd active railway connection with our neighbors. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RECCAfghanistan\">@RECCAfghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ddf5Z9TegU\">pic.twitter.com\/ddf5Z9TegU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wahid Waissi (@WahidWaissi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WahidWaissi\/status\/803229520824180736\">November 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/railways\/turkmenistan-to-imanazar-aqina-and-andkhoy\/\">railway from Atamyrat in Turkmenistan to the Ymamnazar border crossing point (85 km) and Afghanistan&#8217;s customs facilities at Akina<\/a> (3 km) was officially opened on 28 November 2016 by Turkmenistan\u2019s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Afghanistan\u2019s President Ashraf Ghani.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6806-1' id='fnref-6806-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6806)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/626221540\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:58.417508% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed?assets=626221540,626221542&#038;et=43AqTry1TXVbdaTHqtqzvg&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=Ysb2iwIVFWiZM14FBpuRxt6B4xxAVIZ_fX9XG_Ns1Ps=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"347\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The first freight train on the new line comprised 46 wagons carrying flour, grain, cement, carbamide, urea and sulphur.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6806-2' id='fnref-6806-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6806)'>2<\/a><\/sup> <sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-6806-3' id='fnref-6806-3' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(6806)'>3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=12qM7MCiKCpL9sByL8OgIdaOYyJw&#038;hl=en\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Construction of the line had been <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/presidents-launch-construction-of-turkmenistan-afghanistan-tajikistan-railway\/\">launched by the presidents of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan<\/a> with an elaborate ceremony in Atamyrat on 5 June 2013, and a <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/turkmenistan-to-aqina-railway-reaches-afghanistan\/\">ceremony at Akina on 30 October 2016<\/a> marked the laying of the final rails.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Asia?src=hash\">#Asia<\/a> International <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Railway?src=hash\">#Railway<\/a> Corridor between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash\">#Afghanistan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkmenistan?src=hash\">#Turkmenistan<\/a> inaugurated by presidents of both countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4KN0ulNcn\">pic.twitter.com\/c4KN0ulNcn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Syed Anwar (@Sayed_Anwer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sayed_Anwer\/status\/803112449255817216\">November 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A planned continuation of the line would extend it 35 km to Andkhoy, the first significant town in Afghanistan. The line also forms the first section of the proposed <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/railways\/tat-railway\/\">TAT Railway corridor<\/a> from Turkmenistan via northern Afghanistan to Tajikistan. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ghani said today the railway joins <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash\">#Afghanistan<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkmenistan?src=hash\">#Turkmenistan<\/a>, tomorrow with Iran and in the future with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash\">#India<\/a> and other countries<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/803109885554622464\">November 28, 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghan?src=hash\">#Afghan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkmen?src=hash\">#Turkmen<\/a> leaders travel by train on newly built railway: Ghani&#39;s deputy spokesman<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFG?src=hash\">#AFG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 1TVNewsAF (@1TVNewsAF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1TVNewsAF\/status\/803132243648462849\">November 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The new line is the second cross-border railway between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, after the <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/railways\/torghundi-and-the-railway-from-turkmenistan\/\">short Soviet-built line to a freight terminal at Towraghondi<\/a>, north of Herat. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aqina Railway will be officially inaugurated this afternoon in the presence of Presidents of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash\">#Afghanistan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Turkmenistan?src=hash\">#Turkmenistan<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OmMDoF8bo6\">pic.twitter.com\/OmMDoF8bo6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0627\u0631\u06af (@ARG_AFG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARG_AFG\/status\/803119947002089472\">November 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-6806'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-6806-1'> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turkmenistan.gov.tm\/_eng\/?id=6971\"> President of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan address participants of new railway opening ceremony<\/a>, State News Agency of Turkmenistan, 28 November 2016 <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6806-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6806-2'> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turkmenistan.gov.tm\/_eng\/?id=6970\">\u00abGolden juncture\u00bb of the first link of the Asian transnational transport corridor is fastened<\/a>, State News Agency of Turkmenistan, 28 November 2016 <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6806-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-6806-3'> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turkmenistan.gov.tm\/_eng\/?id=6973\">Food products and construction materials were transported by a train along Atamurat-Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan)-Akina (Afghanistan) &#8211; the first link of the Asian transnational transport corridor<\/a>, State News Agency of Turkmenistan, 28 November 2016 <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-6806-3'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1st train crossed Turkmen\/Afghan border arrives at Aqina, marks the 3rd active railway connection with our neighbors. @RECCAfghanistan pic.twitter.com\/ddf5Z9TegU &mdash; Wahid Waissi (@WahidWaissi) November 28, 2016 The railway from Atamyrat in Turkmenistan to the Ymamnazar border crossing point (85 km) and Afghanistan&#8217;s customs facilities at Akina (3 km) was officially opened on 28 November [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[241,19,308,191],"class_list":["post-6806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistans-railways","category-projects","tag-aqina","tag-atamurat","tag-imamnazar","tag-turkmenistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806","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=6806"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6818,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6806\/revisions\/6818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}