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. (www.tasnimnews.com)

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Looks like the US will spreading freedom and democracy in Central Asia soon

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Nice

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why go through so many countries to reach Iran instead of going through Afghanistan?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Afghanistan, Tajikistan and most of Kyrgyzstan are mountainous. The route is going just north of this range.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Why do you think the US had military presence in Afghanistan to keep it destabilized until recently?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

They've been thrown out since 2020.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I hope Afghanistan will stabilize soon.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Indeed

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