Afghanistan to complete first railway by end of year - Telegraph

An Afghan policeman stands guard near a new railway track inaugurated in Hairatan, on the northern border with Uzbekistan Photo: AFP/GETTY

The 47-mile route will link the trading city of Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan to Asia's extensive rail network.

The £110 million railway project funded by the Asian Development Bank has already laid 20 miles of track through desert from Hairatan on the Uzbek border the deputy minister for public works said.

Afghanistan to complete first railway by end of year - Telegraph