{"id":12448,"date":"2026-05-07T13:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/07\/afghanistan-hairatan-850-million-afghani-cargo-terminal-project\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:15:25","slug":"afghanistan-hairatan-850-million-afghani-cargo-terminal-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/07\/afghanistan-hairatan-850-million-afghani-cargo-terminal-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan to Soon Launch $10 Million Cargo Terminal Project in Hairatan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban&#8217;s Department of Transport and Aviation has announced that the construction of the &#8216;Dwaraahi Hairatan&#8217; cargo terminal in Balkh province, costing more than 850 million Afghanis, will soon be inaugurated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the department, this project has been implemented at the Hairatan port, recognized as one of Afghanistan\u2019s most important commercial gateways in the north of the country. The port plays a key role in the transfer of goods between Afghanistan and Central Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>Officials stated that the objective of building this terminal is to better regulate the transfer of commercial goods and improve loading and unloading facilities. In recent years, Hairatan port has also been a major source of customs revenue for the country, and the development of its infrastructure has always been considered a fundamental need of the transport sector.<\/p>\n<p>However, no further details have been provided regarding the exact date of the official opening or how the project will be managed and operated by the Taliban administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban&#8217;s transport department announces near completion of an 850 million Afghani cargo terminal at Hairatan port, a vital trade gateway in northern Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12448","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\/12448","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=12448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}