Afghanistan, March 29 -- The Office of the Economic Deputy of the Prime Minister announced the signing of a contract to construct the second phase of the fourth section of the Khaf-Herat railway line between the railway administration and Gamma Group.

This office stated in a newsletter on Thursday that the second phase of the fourth section of the Khaf-Herat railway line is 47 kilometres long, costing $53 million.

The newsletter mentioned that this project is expected to take approximately two more years to be completed and operationalized.

According to the information provided in the newsletter, this is the final segment of the Khaf-Herat railway project, which starts from Rabat-e-Paryan and reaches the Herat International Airport and...