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    Afghanistan Transportation - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/afghanistan/afghanistan_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways: 24.6 km
      broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi; 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya (2001)


      Highways: total: 21,000 km
      paved: 2,793 km
      unpaved: 18,207 km (1998 est.)


      Waterways: 1,200 km
      note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2001)


      Pipelines: natural gas 180 km
      note: product pipelines from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have been in disrepair and disuse for years (2002)


      Ports and harbors: Kheyrabad, Shir Khan


      Airports: 47 (2002)


      Airports - with paved runways: total: 10
      over 3,047 m: 3
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
      under 914 m: 1 (2002)
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 2


      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 37
      under 914 m: 11 (2002)
      914 to 1,523 m: 4
      over 3,047 m: 1
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 14


      Heliports: 5 (2002)

      NOTE: The information regarding Afghanistan on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Afghanistan Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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