{"id":7103,"date":"2018-02-23T23:42:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T23:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/?p=7103"},"modified":"2018-03-25T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T20:06:00","slug":"serhetabat-torghundi-railway-reinauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/serhetabat-torghundi-railway-reinauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Serhetabat &#8211; Torghundi railway (re)inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two ceremonies marking stages of work on the Turkmenistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline were held on 23 February 2018, one in Turkmenistan to mark completion of the Turkmen section of the pipeline, and the second in Afghanistan\u2019s Herat province to mark the start work on the Afghan section.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7103-1' id='fnref-7103-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7103)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TAPI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TAPI<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Railway?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Railway<\/a> connectivity between Central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Asia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Asia<\/a> to South Asia. Dream becoming true &#8211; as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFGHANISTAN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFGHANISTAN<\/a> heart of ASIA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pYYW5GvemD\">pic.twitter.com\/pYYW5GvemD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Syed Anwar (@Sayed_Anwer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sayed_Anwer\/status\/967042017791565824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The events included a first train on the recently modernised railway between Serhetabat in Turkmenistan and the freight terminal just across the border at Torghundi in Afghanistan.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7103-2' id='fnref-7103-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7103)'>2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we stepped forward wth another pragmatic action to connect north 2 south &amp; replace negative security rivalry wth a positive economic cooperation.Todays <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TAPI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TAPI<\/a>, TAP500, Railway &amp; Fiber Optic inauguration in AFG soil proves our resolve commitment to economic integrated region. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJnSRqQkOu\">pic.twitter.com\/EJnSRqQkOu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mirwais Nab (@nab_mn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nab_mn\/status\/966901918680272902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TAPI, TAP500 &amp; Railway will change the role of game in AFG &amp; region. Durable stability comes through addressing poverty &amp; unemployment.TAPI would provide 20000 job opportunities 2 AFG youth. Vital step 2 fight terrorism &amp; extremism. No peace in absence of economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mirwais Nab (@nab_mn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nab_mn\/status\/966901928302034944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Guests included the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov; President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani; Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi; and India&#8217;s Minister of State for External Affairs, Mobashar Jawed Akbar.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Multiple high-level events on mega energy, power transmission, fiber optics and railways took place today in Herat province between heads of states of Afghanistan &#x1f1e6;&#x1f1eb; Turkmenistan &#x1f1f9;&#x1f1f2; Pakistan &#x1f1f5;&#x1f1f0; India &#x1f1ee;&#x1f1f3; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RECCAfghanistan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RECCAfghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cRBF0QrGc7\">pic.twitter.com\/cRBF0QrGc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Afghan Embassy AUS (@AfghanEmbassyAu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfghanEmbassyAu\/status\/967052378816958464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Goods expects to use the railway include oil products, food, industrial goods and construction materials.<\/p>\n<p>Although described in some reports as &#8220;new&#8221; railway, the <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/railways\/torghundi-and-the-railway-from-turkmenistan\/\">line dates from the Soviet area<\/a>; it <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/torghundi-railway-opening-date\/\">possibly opened in the in the mid to late 1950s<\/a>, although I have been unable to confirm this. It has now been <a href=\"\/afghanistan\/turkmenistan-modernises-towraghondi-rail-line\/\">modernised by Turkmenistan&#8217;s national railway company<\/a> at Turkmenistan&#8217;s expense as part of &#8220;comprehensive help and support to the people of Afghanistan&#8221;, following the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan that took place in Ashgabat in mid-November 2017.<sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7103-3' id='fnref-7103-3' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7103)'>3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Railway from Turkmenistan to Torgundi of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Herat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Herat<\/a> inaugurated<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 1TVNewsAF (@1TVNewsAF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1TVNewsAF\/status\/966982068101173253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Afghan terminal is in Herat province, but is not in Herat city, which sometimes leads to confusion in news reports. There is also no consistency at all in the spelling of its name: Torghundi, Turghondi, Torghondi, Towraghondi, Turghundi, Torag Hundi, Turgundy, Tuurgundy&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I visited <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Torghundi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Torghundi<\/a> port in 2007, an empty &amp; dry place with a small office, the contrast between two sides were huge: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFG<\/a> side being dry, dusty &amp; dark while Turkmen side green, lighted &amp; full of life! We envision <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TAPI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TAPI<\/a> to enlighten our part too!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Orzala (@Orzala) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Orzala\/status\/966942987199578112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-7103'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-7103-1'> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1tvnews.af\/en\/news\/afghanistan\/33507\">Construction of Afghan section of TAPI begins<\/a>, 1TVNews.af, 23 February 2018 <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7103-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7103-2'> <a href=\"http:\/\/tdh.gov.tm\/news\/en\/articles.aspx&#038;article11468&#038;cat29\">Train Service Opens on New Turkmen\u2013Afghan Railway: Serhetabat\u2013Torghundi<\/a>, State news agency of Turkmenistan &#8211; Turkmenistan today, 23 February 2018 <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7103-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7103-3'> <a href=\"http:\/\/tdh.gov.tm\/news\/en\/articles.aspx&#038;article11468&#038;cat29\">Train Service Opens on New Turkmen\u2013Afghan Railway: Serhetabat\u2013Torghundi<\/a>, State news agency of Turkmenistan &#8211; Turkmenistan today, 23 February 2018 <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7103-3'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two ceremonies marking stages of work on the Turkmenistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline were held on 23 February 2018, one in Turkmenistan to mark completion of the Turkmen section of the pipeline, and the second in Afghanistan\u2019s Herat province to mark the start work on the Afghan section.1 From #TAPI to #Railway connectivity between Central #Asia [&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":[319,184,191],"class_list":["post-7103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistans-railways","tag-tapi","tag-towraghondi","tag-turkmenistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103","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=7103"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7119,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions\/7119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}