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KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Afghanistan - A new international airport in Mazar-e-Sharif, scheduled to be complete in Jan. 2012, will assist with trade and transporting goods throughout Afghanistan.
More than 300 thousand people live in the vicinity of Mazar-e-Sharif, and the people would reap great benefits with the ability to transport their goods throughout the country.
“It is an economic center for Afghanistan,” said Thomas Herzberg, Entwicklungsbank (KFW) representative and project coordinator. “This airport is a great way of increasing economic trade for the Afghan people. From north to east Afghanistan, it is the center point for more than four million people.”
Construction of the airport is employing hundreds of local Afghans to lay foundation, construct more than five buildings and maintain the airport. Currently, the airport is host to more than 100 thousand passengers per year, and after the construction is complete, it is projected to host more than 400 thousand. A new terminal, repairs to the old one, a security building and a fire response building are a few of the projected constructions to be built.
The airport is designed not only for passengers, but also to work in conjunction with the new rail system, located only a few kilometers away, that was also recently built to support economic growth. The new railway assists bringing in supplies to construct the airport.
“The airport, together with the rail way station, will bring a real economic boost to Mazar-e-Sharif,” Herzberg said. “All around the airport people can see that trade centers are building up. This just goes to show what kind of positive impact this has on northern Afghanistan.”
The choice to build the airport was made in 2008 and is part of a development project to bring five international airports to Afghanistan.
| Date Taken: | 12.05.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 12.08.2010 05:29 |
| Story ID: | 61541 |
| Location: | KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AF |
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