Since the beginning of this year, Uzbekistan has held several rounds of negotiations with foreign partners on financing the construction of the Mazar-i-Sharif – Kabul – Peshawar railway. Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have been announced as potential investors. This circumstance brings the long-term project, which has been overgrown with a thick veil of skepticism during all this time, closer to reality. What prospects do trans-Afghan communications promise us and what is the strength of Uzbek transit we discuss below.

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