A New Central Asian Trade Corridor Faces Old Security Risks

A top Uzbek government official has revealed that Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan are in “conceptual agreement” on creating a transit corridor to connect the Central Asian nation to ports on the Arabian Sea. The semi-official Gazeta.uz news outlet cites Deputy Minister of Transport Jasurbek Choriev as saying a feasibility study is already being undertaken, adding that surveying work has begun on a corridor. "The next stage is to understand how quickly and how much capital we can attract, as well as what partners will be interested,"…