Afghanistan has four railway lines in the north and northwest of the country. The first is between Mazar-i-Sharif and Hairatan in Balkh Province, which then connects with Uzbek Railways of Uzbekistan.
Afghan Border Force inspecting a locomotive at Hairatan, Afghanistan (2011)
The 7 km long railway between Kabul and Darum-Aman
Freight train in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
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Transport in Afghanistan is done mostly by road, rail, and air. Much of the nation's road network was built in the mid-20th century but left to ruin during the last two decades of that century due to
A Kam Air passenger plane at the Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Trucks on a highway in northern Afghanistan
A street scene in Kabul
Inside one of the avalanche galleries at the Salang Pass in 2013