Pakistan, July 17 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is visiting Kabul today for a one-day trip to sign the Framework Agreement on the Joint Feasibility Study of the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP) Railway Project. He is leading a high-level delegation including the Minister for Railways, Special Representative for Afghanistan, and Secretary of the Ministry of Railways. This visit marks a major step in regional cooperation efforts.

The UAP Railway Project is designed to connect Uzbekistan with Pakistan through Afghanistan, creating a vital trade route for Central Asian countries. The rail link will give these landlocked states better access to Pakistani seaports. According to the Foreign Office, the project is ...