Pakistan, Afghanistan, & Uzbekistan Struck Agreement To Build Trilateral Rail Route

Regional connectivity via Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Railway Corridor.

According to the project, the railroad will run through Termez, Uzbekistan, the Afghan provinces of Mazar-e-Sharif and Logar, and end in Pakistan at the Harlachi border in the Kurram tribal area.

The Trans-Afghanistan project, which would connect Uzbekistan and Pakistan's rail networks through Afghanistan, was signed on July 18, 2023, in Islamabad, Pakistan, in the presence of "senior" government officials from the three countries' railways, Radio Pakistan aired the news.

The project is expected to be finished by the end of 2027, with the railway capable of carrying up to 15 million tons of cargo per year by 2030.

Afghanistan's railway authority, which is led by the Taliban regime, also confirmed the construction via social media posts.

Ishaq Dar, the finance minister of Pakistan, and Saad Rafiq, the minister of railways, also participated in the signing ceremony.

The train route will run through Termez, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif and Logar provinces, and conclude in Pakistan via the Harlachi border crossing in the Kurram tribal region near the Afghan border.

The 416-mile (760 km) rail connection has been projected to reduce shipping costs by at least 40% and cut the duration of time it takes for products to travel between Pakistan and Uzbekistan by five days.

The railroads project to boost passenger and freight services and "would contribute to regional trade and economic growth," according to the agreement.

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