Afghan War Blog

Railway Corridor.  The Afghanistan National Railway Authority (ANRA) says that a report for the establishment of 880 klics of railway l...

President Ghani of Afghanistan envisions ". . . a strategic railroad stretching from Central Asia to China, Europe and its neighbors...

There is a big push, spear-headed by the efforts of China and Russia to develop the economic structure of Central and South Asia. In fact, ...

The country of Afghanistan is completely dependent upon funding from the international community to pay for its security forces and to run...

Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan have signed a agreement to start the construction of a railway that will link the three countri...

The United States is sinking a lot of money to build up Afghanistan's railroad system . The going is slow but progress is being made. ...

Afghanistan appears to be sitting on significant mineral deposits; however the current political and security situation prevents large inter...

The governments of Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan have reached an understanding on the building of a railway that would connect Iran, Afg...

There are rich mineral deposits in Afghanistan; however, to move the mineral raw materials to processing plants requires the building of rai...