KABUL: The spokesman of the Ministry of Public Works Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas said in a statement on Monday that 358,085 tons of commodities have been traded via the country’s railways in the past one month.
“274,852 tons through Hairatan port; 14,727 tons via the Aqina port, 52,473 tons through the Torghundi port, and 16,023 tons via the Khaf-Herat railway have been transported in the past one month of the last solar year,” the statement said, adding that most of them were dried fruits, rice, citrus and pomegranate juice.
“As the level of export and import increases through the railway, more job opportunities will be provided,” the statement quoted him as saying.
Efforts are underway for the expansion of the country’s railway.
More than 358,000 tons of goods transported via railway in past month, spokesman
