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The last time Afghanistan had a working railroad was 1929 and it went four miles. Until this line came into service Afghanistan was the only country in the world with no working railroad.

This railroad is significant because most of our troops' non weapon supplies come from the North, some making a ten day train ride from ports in Latvia through Russia and Uzbekistan to Afghainstan (Russia won't allow weapons through their territory). With Pakistan cutting off deliveries the northern routes become all the more important.

1 posted on 12/21/2011 3:49:49 PM PST by Pan_Yan

When did the Uzbeks permit the resumption of the transshipment of supplies through their country?

2 posted on 12/21/2011 3:53:17 PM PST by Sarajevo

The Willie Green Line?

I am sure there have to be other countries with no trains... Tuvalu for instance...

3 posted on 12/21/2011 3:54:02 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)

How long before the Taliban destroys it?

4 posted on 12/21/2011 3:55:17 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)

Hope they have air bags

5 posted on 12/21/2011 3:58:57 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking!")

Come ride the IED local.

6 posted on 12/21/2011 3:59:34 PM PST by denydenydeny (The more a system is all about equality in theory the more it's an aristocracy in practice.)

10 posted on 12/21/2011 4:13:54 PM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)

That wiki page says:

No railways currentlyCountries listed in this section either once had railways and/or are planning for future railways.

Andorra - planned 2009
Bahrain - planned 2008
Belize - planned 2007
Bhutan - rail link is expected to come up under Nehru Golden Jubilee project
Burundi - planned 2008
Cape Verde - once had salt-carrying railway to pier at Santa Maria
Central African Republic - proposed from Bangui to Cameroon
Chad - possible connection to Libya
Cyprus - Cyprus Government Railway 1905 to 1974
Gibraltar - There are no railways currently in Gibraltar
The Gambia - Proposals [17]
Guinea-Bissau - planned 1998 to Guinea
Iceland - see Rail transport in Iceland for former and proposed future railways
Kuwait - planned 2008
Libya - 1912 to 1965; (network under construction, see Libyan Railways)
Macau - A light rail network should be operational by 2015. There is also a short cable car on Monte da Guia
Malta - operated 1883 to 1931
Mauritius - 1860s to 1960s
Niger - see Rail transport in Niger for proposals
Oman - planned 2008
Papua New Guinea - planned 2007
Rwanda - planned - 2008
Qatar - planned 2008
San Marino - an electric railway linked Rimini (Italy) and San Marino City until 1944
Somalia - Mogadishu-Villabruzzi Railway existed from 1914 to 1941
Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad Government Railway from 1876 until 1968; Trinidad Rapid Railway now planned
Tuvalu
Vanuatu - formerly on Efate
Yemen - planned 2008

13 posted on 12/21/2011 4:21:30 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)

betcha the Taliban and AQ are licking their chops - drawings of bridges and tunnels on the table - lining up how to kill and ruin the most.

14 posted on 12/21/2011 6:03:27 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)

Chitty Chitty Boom Boom.

16 posted on 12/23/2011 6:37:30 PM PST by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28, "...this is the end of the beginning."WC)

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