China's freight train carrying +1,000 tons of winter supplies departs to Afghanistan

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How different is the Sichuan-Tibet route to the Kashgar-Islamabad Route? Tibet is as high as you could go. Perhaps they may need switchbacks and other means to get to higher altitude over a shorter distance, but once high enough it should be somewhat similar terrain; granted Tibet is more permafrost plateau and Gilgit-Baltistan is more narrow river valleys, but if there is a will there is a way.

By tunnels, I meant something similar to what is being built in the Swiss alps.

It’s not like the Chinese haven’t built high speed railways tunnels before.

Railway cannot run on deep steep terrain. From Pakistan side, It goes from low to high In a short distance. That's a big problem.

 

[beijingwalker]

经由霍尔果斯铁路口岸出境，运至乌兹别克斯坦，再采取汽车运输方式运往阿富汗。

Depart through the Khorgos railway port in Xinjiang, transport to Uzbekistan, and then transport to Afghanistan by trucks

 

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China donates winter clothes, blankets to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid
As a part of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, China on Friday donated winter clothes and blankets

China | Afghanistan

ANI Last Updated at December 25, 2021 12:37 IST

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As a part of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, China on Friday donated winter clothes and blankets.

The aids were loaded in tens of trucks and are supposed to be distributed to people who have not yet received aids, reported Khaama Press.


The aid will be distributed to 34 provinces of Afghanistan and will be distributed to people in need after a transparent survey in the provinces.

Speaking to journalists in Kabul, the Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriates Khalilurahman Haqqani said that the aids will be distributed to people in need after a transparent survey in the provinces, reported Khaama Press.

Khalilurahman Haqqani expressed gratitude to countries that have delivered humanitarian aids to Afghanistan and called on other countries to continue delivering aids to the Afghan people.

"Afghanistan is going through the toughest economic situation and the world must implement its pledges in delivering humanitarian aids to Afghan people," said Haqqani.

Earlier, China had provided the Afghan people with several batches of foodstuff, non-food items, and COVID-19 vaccines.

International humanitarian organizations including the UN have been repeatedly warning of a severe humanitarian crisis in the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August.

China donates winter clothes, blankets to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid

As a part of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, China on Friday donated winter clothes and blankets

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[beijingwalker]

China-aided humanitarian supplies distributed to Afghan provinces

 

[FuturePAF]

Depart through the Khorgos railway port in Xinjiang, transport to Uzbekistan, and then transport to Afghanistan by trucks

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So the Uzbek-Pakistan Route is the key. If the Afghans gave the clearance, how long do you think it could be built in? There are also steep mountains between Kabul and Mazar e Sharif, maybe they are not as steep, or the valleys are wide enough to accommodate a rail route; perhaps along the Salang Pass.

That Route could also be a corridor for a Oil Pipeline from the Middle East to China (bypassing Turkmenistan if that is a factor)

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan seem business oriented.

 

[TNT]

Railway cannot run on deep steep terrain. From Pakistan side, It goes from low to high In a short distance. That's a big problem.

You are right that the Pakistani side is steep as compared to china. This however does not mean a railway line cannot be designed. You can take a zigzag path to maintain the required angle. At most it would be expensive. If chinese engineers can design track in tibet where the land contracts and expands due to ice below surface, then im sure they can handle steep areas.

 

[FuturePAF]

You are right that the Pakistani side is steep as compared to china. This however does not mean a railway line cannot be designed. You can take a zigzag path to maintain the required angle. At most it would be expensive. If chinese engineers can design track in tibet where the land contracts and expands due to ice below surface, then im sure they can handle steep areas.

The software used on the Sichuan-Tibet railway Will probably be helpful in overcoming some of the issues.


Mountain Railway Alignment Optimization with Bidirectional Distance Transform and Genetic Algorithm
Wei Li, Hao Pu, Paul Schonfeld, Junsheng Yang, Hong Zhang, Lei Wang, Jiaxing Xiong
First published: 29 June 2017
https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12280
Citations: 53

 

[cloud4000]

US, biggest destroyer. China, biggest builder.

Why hasn’t the “ biggest builder” recognized the Taliban yet?