afghanistan
Nato estimates that about 218,000 vehicles and containers of military equipment need to be shipped out of Afghanistan by the December 2014 troop withdrawal date, according to a report on the BBC News website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-25848662).The figure includes 5,500 containers and 3,345 vehicles for UK forces and 20,000 containers and 24,000 for the US.
Routings include the road route through Pakistan to Karachi port, which however has been subject to delays and ...
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Emirates will launch its first flight to Afghanistan, between Dubai and Kabul's Khwaja Rawash Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan from 4 December. The route will be operated by an Airbus A340-500 departing Dubai daily at 09.55 and returning from Kabul at 15.30.
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A Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD-90VD freighter delivered diesel generators weighing over 35 tons from East Midlands to Bagram, Afghanistan. The oversized power generators, designed and manufactured by Dale Power Solutions, were placed in special shipping containers and rolled into the cargo cabin directly from the airside using a new wheeled loading ...
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines has moved two Amdac Carmichael mobile fire fighting trucks from East Midlands Airport to Kandahar, Afghanistan. The 30-ton cargo was carried on an IL-76TD-90VD freighter flight on behalf of freight forwarding customer, Transact International, which specialises in organising military and humanitarian aid shipments.
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