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Communications
Railroads: 9.6 km (single track) 1.524-meter gauge from
Kushka (USSR) to Towraghondi and 15.0 km from Termez (USSR)
to Kheyrabad transshipment point on south bank of Amu Darya.
Highways: 21,000 km total (1984); 2,800 km hard surface,
1,650 km bituminous-treated gravel and improved earth, 16,550 km
unimproved earth and tracks.
Inland waterways: total navigability 1,200 km; chiefly Amu
Darya, which handles steamers up to about 500 metric tons.
Pipelines: petroleum, oil, and lubricants pipelines--USSR
to Bagram and USSR to Shindand; natural gas, 180 km.
Ports: Shir Khan and Kheyrabad (river ports).
Civil air: 2 TU-154, 2 Boeing 727, assorted smaller transports.
Airports: 38 total, 34 usable; 9 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 10 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 15 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: limited telephone, telegraph, and radiobroadcast
services; television introduced in 1980; 31,200 telephones;
stations--5 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 1 satellite earth station.