By Tawney Kruger in Tashkent Engineers have commenced the $6.3mn and three-month reconstruction of the 75-kilometre (47-mile) cross-border railway line that links Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, the International Rail Journal reported on February 24, citing Afghanistan’s state news agency Bakhtar. The transit route has lain dormant for years. Initially constructed over a decade ago, the line suffered damage during internal conflicts in Afghanistan, rendering it inactive. Last year, the governments of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan (UAP) signed a joint protocol outlining their intention to bu…
