The Taliban Railway Authority announced that Bakhturrahman Sharafat, the group's director of Railway Authority visited Iran's Chabahar port.

Sharafat said that Afghanistan will soon be connected to the Chabahar port through the Roznak railway route and Milak port in Nimroz province.

In a statement on Friday, the Taliban Railway Authority added that the "Chabahar-Zahedan-Nimroz/Milak" railway project is under construction in Iran.

The statement, quoting Iranian officials in the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, said that Tehran is working to complete the project in the near future.

Iranian officials stressed that they expect the Taliban to start the construction of the border railway route in Milak port of Nimroz province.