Transport system should standardize

As the transport sector plays an outstanding role in the country’s economic growth, the ministry of transportation complaint that there has been no measure for standardizing the transport sector in the past 14 years.

Officials in the ministry of transportation noted that the ground transport sector of the country has been failed and the reason is government’s negligence.

They stated that the Transport Act still has not been enacted and the current transport standards and principles are from the time of Dr. Najibullah’s reign.

Officials stressed that if serious measures will be taken for this sector, great income will be provided for the government.

Being a landlocked country, Afghanistan relies on land and air transportation for economic growth.

Establishment of land-transport networks is necessary to develop Afghanistan’s trade in the region, but security remains to be a major challenge against these networks.

According to the figures from Ministry of Transport, about 98% of transportation in Afghanistan takes place on land.

The private sector forms part of the transport sector in Afghanistan, as more than 251 companies and 736 transport unions have been recorded.