President Ghani of Afghanistan envisions ". . . a
strategic railroad stretching from Central Asia to China, Europe and its neighbors that would allow Afghanistan to develop its untapped mineral resources." He sees Afghanistan as being a transit country connecting the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and China by road and rail. Currently the
railways in Afghanistan are extremely limited and government regulations and management of the railways is haphazard at best. Read more in
"Afghanistan's Big Project: A Train to Europe",
Newsweek, March 26, 2015.
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