{"id":12436,"date":"2026-05-07T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/07\/over-229000-tons-goods-transported-railway-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:30:24","slug":"over-229000-tons-goods-transported-railway-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/07\/over-229000-tons-goods-transported-railway-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 229,000 Tons of Goods Transported by Rail in One Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Public Works announced that between April 24 and April 30, 2026, a total of 229,536 metric tons of goods were imported and exported via the country\u2019s railway lines.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry\u2019s data, of this total, 158,133 tons were transported through the Hairatan port, 21,797 tons through Aqina port, 19,195 tons via Torghundi port, and 30,411 tons along the Khaf\u2013Herat route. These shipments included petroleum products, non-petroleum goods, and other commercial items.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Public Works added that a portion of these transfers was dedicated to exports; in the past week, 264 tons of pomegranate juice concentrate were exported from the country.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the ministry emphasized that increasing rail transport can create more employment opportunities, boost national revenues, and contribute to economic stability and self-sufficiency. However, experts consistently emphasize that achieving these goals requires transparency in revenue management, the provision of standardized infrastructure, and the creation of a secure environment for private sector investment.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Public Works also stated that efforts to improve the ease of rail transport and provide favorable conditions for both domestic and foreign traders continue, aiming to strengthen the sustainable and rapid movement of commercial goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 229,000 tons of goods were transported via Afghanistan&#8217;s railways in one week, boosting trade, employment, and economic stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}