Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor

Description - Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI).

The Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Multimodal Transport Corridor is the shortest possible route between Iran (Port of Bandar Abbas) and Tajikistan (Dushanbe) and Kyrgyzstan through Afghanistan, saving up to five days compared to the usual routes. The population of the corridor region is 128 million people.

This new trade route will facilitate foreign trade and logistics between member countries, involving significant savings in time and logistics costs.

1. Types of transport: Road and Rail
2. TIR Implementation (TIR Convention) of the International Road Transport Union (IRU)
3. The first TIR shipment was successfully completed recently from the Port of Bandar Abbas (Iran) to Tajikistan (Dushanbe) via Afghanistan
4. The Port of Bandar Abbas is one of the largest in the region.
5. The corridor is part of the New Silk Road
6. The Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor is one of the corridors of the Organization for Economic Cooperation (OCE)

Countries of the corridor's area of influence: Bahrain, China, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Bandar Abbas - Zabol (Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran) Route

1. Bandar Abbas, Minab, Jiroft, Bam, Zahedan, Shileh, Zabol (Iran-Afghanistan border)
2. Estimated time: 12 h 48 min.
3. Distance: 1,073 Km

Zabol - Dushanbe (Tajikistan) Route

1. Iran-Afghanistan border, Kabul (Afghanistan), Kunduz (Afghanistan-Tajikistan border), Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
2. Estimated time: 28 h
3. Distance: 1,563 km

Asian regional economic communities related to the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor

1. Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Programme (CAREC): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Iran is an observer country.
2. Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
3. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
4. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
5. Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD): Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia.
6. Iran is a member of
   1. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
   2. Asian Clearing Union (ACU)
7. Kyrgyzstan is a member of
   1. Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
   2. Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States

Free Trade Agreements related to the Countries of the corridor

1. Iran
   1. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of Iran: Algeria, Armenia, Syria, Venezuela, Pakistan
2. Kyrgyzstan
   1. Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement with Pakistan
   2. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
3. Tajikistan
   1. Free Trade Agreements with Armenia, Ukraine and with the Eurasian Economic Union

Main Euro-Asian institutions related to the corridor

1. Boao Forum for Asia
2. Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
3. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
4. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
5. Colombo Plan

Major Islamic institutions related to the corridor

1. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OCI)
2. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)

Islam is the main religion of the region of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor

The Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor belongs to the Central Eurasian Economic Area

Related Corridors to the Silk Road

1. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
2. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
3. China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
4. China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
5. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
6. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
7. International North-South Transport Corridor
8. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
9. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
10. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor

Trans-European Transport Network Corridors

1. Atlantic Transport Corridor
2. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
3. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
4. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
5. Pan-European Corridor II
6. Pan-European Corridor IX