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An Afghan Border Police officer standing on the Afghan side of the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge.


The Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge is a road and rail bridge across the river Amu Darya, connecting the town of Hairatan in the northern Balkh province of Afghanistan with Termez in the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan.[1] The bridge was built by the Soviet Union and opened in 1982[2] to supply its troops in Afghanistan.




Contents





  • 1 Overview


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Overview


It is the only fixed link across the Uzbek–Afghan border, located some 75 km north of the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The nearest other bridge across the Amu Darya is some 120 kilometers (74.5 mi) to the west, a pipeline bridge crossing the Turkmen–Afghan border from/to the Lebap Region.


The bridge was closed in May 1997 when Taliban forces attacked the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, and Uzbekistan feared a spreading of the disturbances to their own country. It reopened on December 9, 2001.[3] Work began in January 2010 to extend the railway to Mazar-i-Sharif,[4] which was completed in November of the same year.



See also


  • Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border

  • Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge

  • Friendship Bridge


References




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  2. ^ "USSR-Afghan link". Modern Railways. August 1982. p. 342.


  3. ^ "Breakthrough in Afghan aid effort". BBC News. 2001-12-09.


  4. ^ "Construction of Afghan railway launched". Railway Gazette International. 2010-01-27. Archived from the original on 2010-03-03.




External links


Media related to Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge at Wikimedia Commons


Coordinates: 37°13′40″N 67°25′42″E / 37.2278°N 67.4282°E / 37.2278; 67.4282









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