The Pakistan Railways has announced plans to construct a rail link with neighbouring Afghanistan to improve trade and facilitate passengers.
The railway track will connect Pakistan’s Chaman district of Balochistan with the Spin Boldak town of the Kandahar province in Afghanistan, Pakistan Minister for Railways announced at a press conference. In the first phase, about 12 km railway track will be laid from Chaman to Spin Boldak, he said. After its completion, the railway track could be extended to Kandahar city if the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan expressed its willingness, the minister added. The proposed rail project has been pending for the past many years.