Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan & Taliban Officials Discuss New Railway Project

Kazakhstan's media has reported that officials from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and the Taliban have discussed the construction of a new railway line in a meeting held in the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan.

According to the reports, this railway would connect Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. The Aktau News Agency reported on Sunday that the officials discussed the possibility of constructing a new Torghundi-Herat-Kandahar-Spin Boldak railway line.

The report also stated that Turkmenistan has reached an agreement with the Taliban regarding the establishment of a logistics centre in Torghundi border in Herat city, with plans to begin construction in the near future.

Representatives of the Taliban at the meeting expressed their readiness to cooperate in the transit of goods from Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Pakistan.

While no country has officially recognised the Taliban, some Central Asian countries maintain diplomatic and economic relations with them.