Afghan Railway Staff to Receive Education by Iran
2020-December-6
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran Railways (RAI) Saeed Rasouli said on Sunday that the first phase of training Afghan railway staff has started at RAI Development and Technology Center.
"We have cooperated with the Afghan Railways in the past and have trained their personnel,” Rasouli said, adding, “But for this huge railway [Khaf-Herat] project, we will also train Afghan forces in two phases."
"Afghan railway managers have already been trained in Iran. Now, in the first phase, 48 introduced Afghan personnel will be trained," he went on to say.
The official noted that in the second phase, another group of Afghan railway personnel will be introduced and trained in Iran.
He added that the Khaf-Herat railway will start operation immediately after inauguration.
Afghanistan received the first cargo of Iran's export goods through the newly-developed Khaf-Herat railway last week.
The long-awaited Khaf-Herat railway is due to be officially inaugurated in the next few days.
The cement shipment was transferred from Iran to Afghanistan's Herat via rail, according to Jilani Farhad, the spokesman for Herat governor.
The consignment was reportedly dispatched on a trial basis to identify possible problems and challenges on that route.
The Afghan spokesman said the railway, which is to be opened in less than 10 days by the two countries’ high-ranking officials, will connect Afghanistan to Asian and European countries through Iran.
The railway project is composed of four sections: one from Khaf to Sangan in Iran and the second one from Sangan to the Chah-Sorkh border crossing, each of which is 76 km long, according to the Afghan spokesman.
Farhad said the third part, 62 km long, extends from Chah-Sorkh to Afghanistan's Rozanak (or Rahzanak).
"These three sections have all been funded by Iran," he said.
The final part of the project, which has long been touted as the sole viable option to build Afghanistan’s economy, stretches all the way from Rozanak to Herat.
Source:https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/13990916000880/Afghan-Railway-Saff-Receive-Edcain-by-Iran