The construction of the 3rd segment connecting Iran and Afghanistan started this morning. The ceremony was attended by Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi, Mahmoud Baligh, Afghanistan’s Minister of Public Works, and Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, Afghanistan’s Minister of Finance on Thursday at the border point of Chahsorkh in Herat Province of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s Minister of Finance Hakimi said that the rail track would boost the volume of trade between Iran and Afghanistan.