Iran and Afghanistan Inaugurate Herat-Khaf Railway

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)_Monitoring, Afghanistan can be connected to India through Chabahar port in the trade agreement with Iran through this route.

The Herat-Khaf railway line was inaugurated with the participation of several high-ranking officials from Afghanistan and Iran on Tuesday.
The head of Afghanistan Railway Authority, Mawlavi Bakht-ur Rahman Sharaft, termed the opening of this line important in terms of developing economic cooperation between the two countries, adding that through this line Afghanistan will be connected to Chah Bahar port and through that to India.

Governor of Herat, Mawlana Noor Ahmad Islamjar, says that the start of the railway line will expand the country’s trade.

He called the Khaf railway line an indication of the strong bond of friendship between the two nations of Afghanistan and Iran and stated that the local administration of Herat will spare no efforts in protecting the Herat-Khaf railway line.

Yaqoob Ali Nazari, the governor of Iran’s Khorasan Razavi, says that this railway line is the beginning of more economic cooperation between the two countries and can be a bridge between East and West Asia.

The spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mawlavi Zabihullah Mujahid, assured saying small issues will never cause division between the two countries.

The Khaf-Herat railway line between Iran and Afghanistan and the transfer of goods from Turkey to Afghanistan through Herat Pass opened a major trade route between Afghanistan and Europe.