The Kabul Tribune (KT) — The Taliban’s deputy railways chief at the Ministry of Public Works, Mohammad Ishaq Sahabzada, and his delegation attended the International Transport and Logistics Forum and Exhibition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, held from November 11 to 13.
The event brought together senior officials and railway
companies from several regional and international partners to showcase new
transport technologies, projects and achievements. On the sidelines, the
Taliban delegation held a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings.
According to the Taliban-run Ministry of Public Works,
Sahabzada met separately with representatives of the United Arab Emirates
railway authority, the deputy head of Kazakhstan’s railway agency, the head and
first deputy of Uzbekistan Railways, and officials from the Afghan-Trans
project. Discussions focused on launching construction work on the
Herat–Kandahar railway, reducing transit costs for Afghan–China trade,
improving transit facilities through Kazakhstan and beginning technical and
economic studies for the Afghan-Trans initiative.
The ministry said talks also covered expanding logistics
services, lowering transport fees and improving commercial cargo movement by
rail. Both sides emphasized continued cooperation on transport infrastructure
and efforts to strengthen regional trade corridors
