5 The New Silk Road Efforts USCENTCOMs Director of Logistics leads rail development, surface tender programs, local procurement, and other transportation initiatives USCENTCOM supports development by Coordinated & sponsored Afghan Trucking Network Developed & coordinated USCENTCOM Surface Tender Program Afghanistan First Program and Central Asian States Local Procurement Activities Coordinating and assisting Afghan government with Rail development Assisting Afghan government with developing Strategic Rail Plan Using the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) one piece at a time model Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif rail extension was first piece Others include regional infrastructure, trade & tariff policies, and market development Key element is strategic value of financial potential of Afghan mineral development and development of Afghan international trucking UNCLASSIFIED
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