The Afghan government has approved a railway link between Afghanistan and Pakistan, paving the door for rail connections between Peshawar and Kabul and Peshawar and Jalalabad.
A rail link with Uzbekistan was also approved. During the meeting, the new government’s cabinet also approved a rail link between Jalalabad and Kabul.
Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund presided over the cabinet meeting.
Feasibility studies and surveys would be undertaken during the first phase, and the results of the first phase would be communicated with higher officials during the second phase of the project.
During the cabinet meeting, a change in police and armed forces clothing was also authorized.
The five nations — Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan — met last month to discuss the railway network linking them, according to a senior official working on the project who spoke on the condition of anonymity.