Afghanistan

Afghanistan Transportation

Highways
total: 21,000 km
paved: 2,793 km
unpaved: 18,207 km (1999 est.)

Waterways
general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service
domestic: telephone service is improving with the establishment of two mobile phone operators by 2003; telephone main lines remain weak with only .1 line per 10 people
international: country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity

Pipelines
gas 387 km (2004)

Ports and harbors
Kheyrabad, Shir Khan

Airports
47 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 37
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Heliports
5 (2003 est.)



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