Afghanistan Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 9.6 km (single track) 1.524-meter gauge, spur of Soviet line from Kushka (USSR) to Towraghondt and from Termez (USSR) to Kheyrabsd Transhipment Point (15 km) on south bank Amu Darya (government owned)

Highways: 21,000 km total

Inland waterways: total navigability 1,200 km; chiefly Amu Darya, which handles steamers up to about 500 metric tons

Pipelines: natural gas, 180 km

Ports: 3 minor river ports; largest Shir Kh3n

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 41 total, 34 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; 8 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: limited telephone, telegraph, and radiobroadcast services; television introduced in 1980; 31,200 telephones (0.2 per 100 popl.); 5 AM and no FM stations, 1 TV station, 1 earth satellite station

NOTE: The information regarding Afghanistan on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Afghanistan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Afghanistan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.