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    1st TSC Rail Advisory Team hosts key leader engagement with Afghan Rail Authority

    NIABABAD, AFGHANISTAN

    10.21.2013

    Story by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Lawn 

    1st Theater Sustainment Command

    NIABABAD, Afghanistan - 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Afghan Rail Advisory Team, host a Key Leader Engagement with members of the Afghanistan Ministry of Customs and Industry at rail Port 4, Niababad, Afghanistan, Oct 13.

    The ARAT team is comprised of civilian and military railroad operational and business experts who are working with the Afghanistan Railway Authority on a train, advise and assist mission. They also provide the ARA with railroad advice, and options on improving rail operations, safety, law enforcement and railway industry development.

    Maj. Timothy Christensen leads the ARAT, hosted by the Afghan MOCI delegation at rail Port 4. The rail hub crosses the famed Friendship Bridge and links Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan in the north. They presented the Afghan delegation with a map of the existing rail infrastructure at the port. The map was created by the Transportation Engineering Agency, which is part of Surface Deployment Distribution Command. Additionally, the team's mission was to address the Afghan's railroad business concerns.

    After the meeting the ARAT team and Afghan delegation toured the rail facility.

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    Date Taken: 10.21.2013
    Date Posted: 10.21.2013 10:17
    Story ID: 115467
    Location: NIABABAD, AF

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