Afghanistan, Oct. 23 -- A dedicated freight train carrying commercial goods worth 8 million yuan has departed China's Shandong Province for Hairatan port in northern Afghanistan, with the journey expected to take about 20 days.
The shipment includes textiles, chemical raw materials, tools and construction machinery manufactured in Linyi, a city in Shandong Province, according to the Chinese media outlet..
The train marks the first dedicated freight service from Shandong to Hairatan, a key trade and transport hub in Afghanistan's Balkh Province. It is expected to travel through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan before entering Afghanistan via the Termez border crossing.
The new service comes as China and Afghanistan develop direct rail-based trad...