Major trade route via Afghanistan-Iran railway opens
STORY: Major trade route via Afghanistan-Iran railway opens
DATELINE: July 13, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:15
LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the opening ceremony of a major trade route between Afghanistan and Iran
2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ZABIHULLAH MUJAHID, Afghan caretaker government chief spokesman
STORYLINE:
A major trade route via railway between Afghanistan and neighboring Iran formally opened in west Afghanistan's Herat province on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, the Afghan caretaker government chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid welcomed the step as vital for enhancing economic relations in the region, saying the railway network could connect Afghanistan to Iran onward to Türkiye and Europe.
SOUNDBITE (Dari): ZABIHULLAH MUJAHID, Afghan caretaker government chief spokesman
"Today is the inauguration. The inauguration of commercial goods reached from Türkiye to Afghanistan and it is good that the railway would connect Afghanistan to Europe via the railway and this is
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