PPT-Afghanistan National Railway Plan and Way Forward

MOHAMMAD YAMMA SHAMS   Director General amp Chief Executive Officer Afghanistan Railway Authority September 4 2015 WHY RAILWAY IN AFGHANISTAN The Potential . Interpretation Workshop. co-ordinated by. Jennifer Harris, Richard Offen and Scott Donaldson. Contents. Objective of Workshop. History and Background. Information Handouts. Field Trip. Themes. Opportunities and Constraints. Railway Networks Connectivity between Tajikistan and Afghanistan . as a Prerequisite of the New Silk Road. Idibek. KALANDAROV. Head of International Organizations Department . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY, JAIPUR General Departmental Competitive Examination (GDCE) Notification No - 02/2015 Date of issue: 1 2 - 6 - 2015 Closing Date: 24 - 07 - 2015 Time: 18.00 In terms of the in RUDRENDRA TANDON. JOINT . SECRETARY for PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN & IRAN . in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. September 3, 2015. Time has come to focus RECCA Cooperation to enhance Afghanistan’s connectivity.. Background info…. Afghan Communist Party founded in 1965.. Communist Party took control in a Soviet backed military coup in 1978.. Party never had much support, especially in the rural areas.. In a short time, Afghan Rebels had control of 22 of 28 Afghan provinces.. commissioning for preventive responses. Prof.. Kamaldeep Bhui. Director of CCS at the . Wolfson. Institute of Preventive Medicine, QMUL. Public Health Lead Royal College of Psychiatrists, Hon Consultant Psychiatrist, East London . Interpretation Workshop. co-ordinated by. Jennifer Harris, Richard Offen and Scott Donaldson. Contents. Objective of Workshop. History and Background. Information Handouts. Field Trip. Themes. Opportunities and Constraints. CARGO MOVEMENT. Strategically Placed Pakistan . Pakistan is placed in a very strategic position and can be used as a transit point for South East Asian countries Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan via Afghanistan.. Åsa Karlberg, . Enetjärn. Natur. J-O . Helldin. , . Calluna. AB. Sub-title. Text. Botniabanan. Motorway. E4 . parallel. – . fenced. Fenced. . railroad. - . reindeer. single. and double . sided. From . http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5380.htm . ~Afghanistan’s ethnically mixed population reflects its location astride historic trade and invasion routes leading through Central Asia. ~Pashtuns make up the largest ethnic group at 42%. Religion and Culture . Islamic Nation. 80% Sunni Muslim. 19% . Shia. Muslim. 1% Others. Influence of religion in daily lives. Less right for women: women live in fear. Hijab. Clothing . Men’s clothing . Learning objective . – to be able to explain the . reasons why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979.. I can . describe. the . reasons . why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979. .. Grade D. I can . Afghanistan:. An ethnically . mixed population . . a) Due to location . astride historic trade and invasion routes . of Central Asia. Yet Pashtuns . make up the largest ethnic group at 42%. An Islamic country. History. Between the late 1800s and early 1900s Great Britain fought 3 wars with Afghanistan with the goal of consolidating it’s Indian empire and to prevent Russia from moving South into their territory (2).