Afghanistan

Afghanistan

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

  1. COUNTRY: Afghanistan
  2. CAPITAL: Kabul
  3. GDP GROWTH RATE: 3.9%
  4. MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Herat, Jalalabad, Kandahar, Khost, and Mazar
  5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: The Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul (KBL); The Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport (KDH) in Kandahar; The Khwaja Abdullah Ansari International Airport (HEA) in Heart; The Maulana Jalaluddin International Airport (MZR) in Mazar-i-Sharif.
  6. MAJOR SEAPORTS: Land bound but trades through Chabahar Port owned by Iran.
  7. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: National Highway 01 or NH01, formally called the Ring Road . The country has three rail links: one, a 75kmline from Mazar-i-Sharif to the Uzbekistan border ; Toraghundi to the Turkmenistan border and from Aqina across the Turkmen border to Kerki , across Afghanistan
  8. EXPORT GOODS: Fruits, nuts, Afghan rugs, wool, cotton, hides, gemstone, and medical herbs
  9. EXPORT PARTNERS: UAE, PAKISTAN, INDIA, US, CHINA, TURKEY, GERMANY, DENMARK, SUADI ARABIA, JORDAN
  10. IMPORT GOODS: machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, and petroleum products
  11. IMPORT PARTNERS: UAE, PAKISTAN, INDIA, US, CHINA, TURKEY , RUSSIA, MALAYSIA , UZBEKISTAN, KAZHAKSTHAN