DUSHANBE: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have approved the transit via their territories of non-lethal US supplies for troops in Afghanistan, US Rear Admiral Mark Harnitchek said Friday.
“Tajikistan has given its agreement to the use of its rail and automobile routes for the transit of non-lethal supplies to Afghanistan,” he was quoted as saying on a visit to Dushanbe by Tajik television.
He said that Uzbekistan had also “agreed” to the transit and Washington planned to send 50-200 containers weekly from Uzbekistan into Tajikistan and then by land into neighbouring Afghanistan.
Washington has been seeking new routes for supplies to Afghanistan after Kyrgyzstan’s shock announcement that it is to close a US air base that has served as a key transit point for supplies.
source : jang.com.pk
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