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A commercial rail route connecting China to Iran was formally brought into operation after the first Chinese cargo train unloaded in a dry port near Tehran.
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this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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Why go through so many countries to reach Iran instead of going through Afghanistan?
Afghanistan, Tajikistan and most of Kyrgyzstan are mountainous. The route is going just north of this range.
Why do you think the US had military presence in Afghanistan to keep it destabilized until recently?
They've been thrown out since 2020.
And 5 years is not nearly enough time for the governance in Afghanistan to stabilize to the point where such large scale projects can even start being discussed let alone actually be completed.
I hope Afghanistan will stabilize soon.
Indeed