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Land-locked Afghanistan has the main means of transportation is by road.
The main highway artery running through Afghanistan is the Asian highway. Asian highway branches from this route at Kandahar and goes south and eats to the Pakistan border at Spin Boldak. The principal highway north from Kabul to Kunduz and Mazar-I-Sharif passes through the Hindu Kush range at Salang Pass by means of a 2 km tunnel (under construction) at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
The commonly used route is the Kabul-Peshawar highway. Trade in Pakistan and India takes place through this route. The use of Karachi port, the outlet to the Arabian sea, is limited and in respect of the rights of Afghanistan as a land-locked country we demand adequate facilities to be offered by our transit neighbors.
The third outlet is through Iran by way of Bandar Abbas, 2300 kms from city of Heart. Goods are transported by rail to Mashad and onward by truck to point zero (Iranian-afghan border) Islam qaleh or directly by truck from Bandar-e- Abbas to Islam Qalah.
The country’s air transport needs are presently served by Ariana Afghan International Airlines, which its operation will be expanding. There are International airports at Kabul and Kandahar and local airports in most of provincial cities.
The crossing points:
(1)Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
(2)Borders with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
(3)Afghanistan-Iran border.
(4)Afghanistan-Turkmenistan border.
(5)North of Torkham
Kabul and Kandahar have international airports. There are 48 airports in the country, about half of which have paved runways. The national airline is Ariana Afghan Airlines; Bakhtar Afghan Airlines also provides some domestic service, but it is nearly defunct because of the war.
Camels and other pack animals are used for conveying goods. Afghanistan depends on neighboring countries for the shipment of goods to and from its borders. Hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan have often led to the closing of that border.
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