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Cargo train services launched between Nantong and Afghanistan

Xinhua, August 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

A cargo train carrying 84 containers on Thursday departed from Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province, to the Afghanistan city of Hairatan.

It is China's first cargo train service to Afghanistan and it takes about 15 days passing through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

China is Afghanistan's largest investment source country as well as the third largest trade partner, according to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Endi