Afghanistan finally embraces the railroad
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Afghanistan has just opened its first major railroad and is planning a half dozen more. AP/Mustafa Najafizada
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Afghanistan has just opened its first major railroad and is planning a half dozen more. AP/Mustafa Najafizada
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Afghanistan finally embraces the railroad
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Afghanistan is virtually unique in the world for its long history of preventing the construction of a railway system. However, that seems to be changing. The war-torn country recently completed its first major railroad project. Several more are in the works. Jared Nolan of War News Radio explores Afghanistan’s belated embrace of rail transportation.
This segment was provided courtesy of Public Radio Exchange.