The third ECO/IRU Regional
Conference on Facilitation of Transit
Road and TIR Convention
26 October 2014
Tehran(Iran)
Preface
Afghanistan is a landlocked country that located in the medal
of Asia, unfortunately, this country on the terms of deferent
history either has faced by foreign countries invasion or
interior conflicts, so couldn't to grow like other countries.
As, Afghans transportation infrastructure sector, since1978
upheaval and after that, substantially deteriorated.
Eventually after the years 2001, Afghans transportation
sector gradually and some deal improved, but still has
deferent problems in transportation sector, that will no need
to explain in this session, so I hope to solve the problems‘ on
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Outline
Afghanistan geographic location.
Regional institutions membership.
Highways situation .
Current status of Transport Sector.
Customs border crossing points.
Custom border with TIR facilitation .
High ways status and quality .
TIR parking's .
Challenges.
Government Policy.
Our immediate demand .
Afghanistan in the regional institutions
• Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
• South Asia Association Regional
Cooperation(SAARC)
• Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation
(CAREC)
• Central and South Asia Transport and Trade Forum
(CSATTF)
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),as a
guest.
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE)
• Transporte Corredor Europa Caucaus Asia
(TRACECA)
MOTCA
Highways situation
Most roads building occurred in the 1960s to tie Afghanistan in their
own respective commercial and economic, that’s including around 1685
km roads which was suitable for 20th century transportation stream.
Early 2002 and after that,
though the mentioned
roads were too narrow,
but reconstructed again,
and sum more roads built.
So for we have (3365km)
regional roads which joint
Afghanistan in 8 point with
5 countries, but not viable
and respondent for
present traffic streams .
Current status of Transport Sector
There are existing from beginning namely
(transportation organization -establishment in
Afghanistan) around 1000 Transportation institutions
in nationwide ,with deferent and used motor vehicles.
Its necessary to renovate and standard them, but first
of all needs to amended the legislations and
transportation law , but from deferent reasons we
could not reach for this objective yet.
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the number of vehicles :
Totally commercially vehicles are almost 365000.
The high load trucks, within registered about 30000.
Among them 30% launched for regional activity.
68% are utilizing inland transportation system.
2% are ready for TIR and international forwarding.
We try to establish motor vehicles technical inspection
centers in our country on future , to inspect all the vehicles .
Also wants to open training centers for with experience
drivers to instruct them for international activities and
more …………………
Custom Border
Crossing Points
1-Eskashem
2-Aikhanum
3-Shirkhan Bandar
4-Hairatan
5-Aqina
6-Towrghundi
7-Islam Qala
8-Abunasre Farahy
9-Zaranj
10-Spin Boldak
11-Gulamkhan
12-Torkham
ustom borders with TIR facilitation
- Torkham
- Shirkhan
- Hairatan
- Aqina
- Tourghundi
- Islamqala
- Zaranj
- Spinbuldak
Highways quality
•All the vehicles, like high lode
trucks , basses and light cars
moving at the one line with
deferent speeds, so its too
dangerous and also causing to
disorder transportation stream.
•There are no enough sanctum
on the left and right of the
highways so the drivers are
feeling so danger and risks .
•The forwarders losing the time
because of above mentioned .
Insufficient road
sufficient road
TIR parking's
The TIR parking are one of the important facilitation issue for
international transportation rout.
There are no standard parking and rest rooms out side the cities and
transportation routs for international transit and TIR convoys, its need
more time to get this objectives .
Challenges
•Poor quality high ways and insufficient roads.
•Lake of TIR parking's in transportation routs .
• Policy and institutional reform.
•Deferent method implementations in the custom borders.
•Deferent organization interferences in the border affairs.
• Security problem at the most transportation routs .
•Political friction between Pakistan and India caused to be
closed Indian border for Afghans goods transit.
• Dishonesty of some neighboring countries in theirs
commitments .
• bureaucracy and corruption.
• Security and general unrest in Afghanistan.
Challenges
In( KTAI) rout
On the rout of
Islam Qala border
up to Torghundi
border ,totally is :
1442 km .
1211 km is paved.
231 km is under
the construction.
Transport Policy:
Road transport policy is to promote sustainable mobility that is
efficient, safe and with reduced negative effects on the
environment.
The Afghans policy objectives for road transport are therefore to
promote efficient road freight and passengers transport services, to
create fair conditions for competition, to promote and harmonize
safer and more environmental friendly technical standards, to
ensure a minimum fiscal and social harmonization and to make
sure that the rules in road transport are effectively applied without
discrimination.
The aim of legislation on road transport services establishes common
rules on access to the market and to the profession, sets minimal
standards for working time, driving and rest periods (including
enforcement and the use of tachygraph in the future), sets minimal
MOTCA
annual vehicle taxes and common
rules for tolls and user charges.
Our immediate demands:
Apolitically Transport and transit issue in the region.
Update, and Modernized Boundaries.
Afghan Transport Companies should be to transport goods to
neighboring countries (including Pakistan) and to third
Destination like (India).
Visa provision should be facilitated to Afghan drivers Afghan
trucks should be allowed to load Afghan Transit Goods(ATG)
from ports in Pakistan.
Illegal, extra charges/fees should be eliminated on Afghan
trucks.
Perishable goods should not be dally in customs, also in the
rout of transit.
Thanks for your attention