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China launches first cargo train to Afghanistan

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Press Trust of India Beijing
China today launched its first cargo train to Afghanistan.

The train carrying 84 containers departed from Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province, to the Afghanistan city of Hairatan.

It is China's first cargo train service to Afghanistan and it takes about 15 days passing through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Hairatan is the border town located close to Uzbekistan.

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First Published: Aug 25 2016 | 8:32 PM IST

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