Railways
total: 24.6 km
broad gauge: 9.6 km 1.524-m gauge from Gushgy (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi; 15 km1,524-m gauge from Termiz (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point onsouth bank of Amu Darya

Highways
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,793 km
unpaved: 18,207 km (1995 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

Airports 33 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m : 2
under 914 m: 7 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 17
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Heliports 3 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Afghanistan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Afghanistan Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Afghanistan Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.