{"id":7736,"date":"2024-10-16T23:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T22:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/?p=7736"},"modified":"2024-12-09T21:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T21:56:08","slug":"turkmenistan-afghanistan-rail-link-to-be-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/turkmenistan-afghanistan-rail-link-to-be-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkmenistan \u2013 Towraghondi railway to be extended to Sanobar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towraghondi-tracklaying-photo-Goverment-of-Turkmenistan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towraghondi-tracklaying-photo-Goverment-of-Turkmenistan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towraghondi-tracklaying-photo-Goverment-of-Turkmenistan.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towraghondi-tracklaying-photo-Goverment-of-Turkmenistan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towraghondi-tracklaying-photo-Goverment-of-Turkmenistan-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A ceremony was held on September 11 2024 to launch work on the US$40m project to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railwaygazette.com\/infrastructure\/turkmenistan-afghanistan-rail-link-to-be-extended\/67565.article\">upgrade the Towraghondi freight terminal on the border with Turkmenistan and extend the 1 520 mm gauge rail link to Sanobar in Herat province<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Construction has commenced on 2 major projects: <br \/>The expansion of TorghondI port and the construction of a 22-kilometer railway line connecting Torghundi to Sanobar. The combined value of these projects is estimated at around 40 million US dollars. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DSG3XbxDac\">pic.twitter.com\/DSG3XbxDac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Al Emarah English (@Alemarahenglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alemarahenglish\/status\/1835258684261245079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An Afghan delegation signed bilateral agreements for Turkmenistan to lead the projects.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"ps\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0644\u0647 \u062a\u0631\u06a9\u0645\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0631\u0647 \u062f \u062a\u0648\u0631 \u063a\u0648\u0646\u0689\u06cd \u0628\u0646\u062f\u0631 \u062f \u067e\u0631\u0627\u062e\u062a\u06cc\u0627 \u0627\u0648 \u0644\u0647 \u062a\u0648\u0631\u063a\u0648\u0646\u0689\u06cd \u0685\u062e\u0647 \u062f \u0647\u0631\u0627\u062a \u067e\u0647 \u0644\u0648\u0631 \u06f2\u06f2 \u06a9\u06cc\u0644\u0648 \u0645\u062a\u0631\u0647 \u0627\u0648\u0633\u067e\u0646\u06cc\u0632\u0647 \u06a9\u0631\u069a\u0647 \u062c\u0648\u0693\u0648\u0644\u0648 \u062a\u0693\u0648\u0646\u0648\u0646\u0647 \u0644\u0627\u0633\u0644\u06cc\u06a9 \u0634\u0648\u0644.<br \/>\u0689\u06d0\u0631 \u0698\u0631 \u0628\u0647 \u06cc\u06d0 \u062f \u062c\u0648\u0693\u0648\u0646\u06d0 \u0639\u0645\u0644\u064a \u0686\u0627\u0631\u064a \u067e\u06cc\u0644 \u0634\u064a\u060c \u062f \u062a\u0648\u0631\u063a\u0648\u0646\u0689\u06cd \u0628\u0646\u062f\u0631 \u0644\u0647 \u067e\u0631\u0627\u062e\u062a\u06cc\u0627 \u0633\u0631\u0647 \u0628\u0647 \u0647\u0645\u0647\u0627\u0644 \u062f \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a\u0648 \u06a9\u0686\u0647 \u0627\u0636\u0627\u0641\u0647\u060c \u0628\u0646\u062f\u0631\u06a9\u06d0 \u06a9\u06d0 \u0628\u0647 \u062f \u062a\u062e\u0644\u06cc\u06d0 \u0627\u0648 \u0628\u0627\u0631\u06ab\u06cc\u0631\u064a \u0686\u0627\u0631\u064a \u06ab\u0693\u0646\u062f\u06cd \u0634\u064a. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RAwqEXtXI8\">pic.twitter.com\/RAwqEXtXI8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0634\u0631\u0627\u0641\u062a: SHARAFAT (@SBakhturehman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBakhturehman\/status\/1830193285207335163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first phase includes the construction of warehouses, sidings and loading and unloading facilities at Towraghondi. <\/p>\n<p>The second phase will extend the railway 22 km to Sanobar (varipous spellings cited).<\/p>\n<p>The long term ambition is to extend the line to Herat city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ceremony was held on September 11 2024 to launch work on the US$40m project to upgrade the Towraghondi freight terminal on the border with Turkmenistan and extend the 1 520 mm gauge rail link to Sanobar in Herat province. Construction has commenced on 2 major projects: The expansion of TorghondI port and the construction [&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":[81,331,184,191],"class_list":["post-7736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistans-railways","tag-herat","tag-sanobar","tag-towraghondi","tag-turkmenistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736","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=7736"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7750,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736\/revisions\/7750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}