New rail-road corridor links China to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Railways has launched a new multimodal transport corridor linking China to Afghanistan through Central Asia, in a move aimed at improving regional trade efficiency and reducing transit times, Uzbek media reported on Wednesday.

The route will carry containerised cargo by rail from China through the Altynkol border station in Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan, before shipments are transferred to trucks and transported via Turkmenistan to Herat in western Afghanistan.

The corridor spans approximately 7,400 kilometres...