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Kazakhstan may put half a billion dollars on the table for Afghan railway

Image: ANP/Xinhua News Agency. © Saifurahman Safi

It looks like they are really going for it. Central Asia is getting ready for a railway across Afghanistan, with the latest step in that direction being a possible 500-million dollar investment from Kazakhstan. That would be significant money, but it would also bring significant benefits to the region.

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