Extreme trainspotting
The rear-gunner in a Sikorsky UH-53 helicopter watches the end of the new Mazar-e-Sharif to Termez, Uzbekistan railroad stretch into the distance. When completed, the 47-mile long line will provide a...
View ArticleBorder checks at Hayratan
Members of the Afghan National Border Police listen to an instructor as they search locomotive TEM2 6773 near the Hayratan border crossing point (Photo: DVIDS, 2011-01-10). Ready, CET, Go! A new...
View ArticleHairaton Gate rail port
“Gate could open doors to something much bigger” is a 29 April 2011 report on the Hayratan border facilities by Philip Grey, military affairs reporter of The Leaf-Chronicle, who is embedded with the US...
View ArticleWhy Hairatan Gate matters
The rail line at the Hairatan Gate Border Crossing provides residents in Northern Afghanistan not only a chance for economic stability, but a means for helping troops get cargo and equipment back home...
View ArticleHayratan port
DVIDS has three articles about the Hayratan port by Michael Vanpool. … more than half of everything arriving into country is from the trains in Hairatan. “[International Security Assistance Force]...
View ArticleRail developments in northern Afghanistan
An interesting article about the Uzbekistan – Hayratan – Mazar-i-Sharif railway from the Fayetteville Observer: U.S. works to get Afghans on track with rail network, Drew Brooks, Fay Observer, 2 May...
View ArticleStars & Stripes in Hairatan
A report from Stars & Stripes about US support for the development of rail capabilities at Hairatan. US Army Captain Donald Moyer “estimates that Afghan rail is still at least a decade away from...
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