A new transit corridor has been established for transporting goods from China to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan, TOLOnews reported.
Officials from the country’s transport sector and the company Uztemiryulkonteyner have stated that this route is a combination of rail and road transport.
According to the plan, containers first move from China by railway, pass through Kazakhstan into Uzbekistan, and then are transported by road through Turkmenistan to the city of Herat in Afghanistan.
Previously, goods were transported from China to Afghanistan through a longer route, often involving sea transport to Bandar Abbas in Iran and then by land.
The length of this new route is about 7,400 kilometers, and on average, goods are delivered in around 30 days.
The Afghan Ministry of Public Works says that the creation and development of such transit corridors can strengthen Afghanistan’s role in connecting Central Asia with South Asia and Iran, and pave the way for Afghanistan to become an important transit route in the region.
