Chinese Company to Conduct Feasibility Study for Afghan Rail Line
04 October 2010
The Afghan Government has commissioned China Metallurgical Group to conduct a feasibility study for a proposed rail link between Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
The study for the 700km northern railway line is expected to take 30 months to complete.
The $5bn line is part of a wider plan to extend the Afghan rail network to connect Afghanistan to ports in Iran and Pakistan.
The line will be operational by 2015, according to The Times of India.
