Railroads: 9.6 km (single track) 1.524-meter gauge from Gushgy (formerly Kushka) (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi and 15.0 km from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya

Highways:
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,800 km
unpaved: gravel 1,650 km; earth 16,550 km (1984)

Inland waterways: total navigability 1,200 km; chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to about 500 metric tons
Pipelines: petroleum products - Uzbekistan to Bagram and Turkmenistan to Shindand; natural gas 180 km

Ports: Shir Khan and Kheyrabad (river ports)

Airports:
total: 42
usable: 35
with permanent-surface runways: 9
with runways over 3,659 m: 0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 10
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 17

NOTE: The information regarding Afghanistan on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Afghanistan Transportation 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Afghanistan Transportation 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.