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Afghanistan Transportation 1999

    Railways:
    total: 24.6 km
    broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi; 15 km 1.524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya

    Highways:
    total: 21,000 km
    paved: 2,793 km
    unpaved: 18,207 km (1996 est.)

    Waterways: 1,200 km; chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to about 500 DWT

    Pipelines: petroleum products—Uzbekistan to Bagram and Turkmenistan to Shindand; natural gas 180 km

    Ports and harbors: Kheyrabad, Shir Khan

    Merchant marine:
    total: 1 container ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 11,982 GRT/14,101 DWT (1998 est.)

    Airports: 44 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with paved runways:
    total: 11
    over 3,047 m: 3
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
    under 914 m: 2 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with unpaved runways:
    total: 33
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
    914 to 1,523 m: 4
    under 914 m: 10 (1998 est.)

    Heliports: 3 (1998 est.)

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