Reply #60: US/Uzbek Railroad project for Afghanistan

[Lars77]

http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2594

"Speaking of benefits for the United States, they are also obvious: cheap Uzbek labor, construction materials and infrastructure, built by Uzbekistan. It is easier for Americans to enable Uzbeks to build the railroad and this communication line will effectively operate for the supply of American cargo to central Afghanistan via the Salang passage"

Uzbekistan is a major cotton producer. The government forcefully takes school children from schools and uses them as child slave labour in the fields when the time comes to harvest the cotton. They would love a railroad to enhance trade in the region.


BTW, Ferghana.ru is the best source for Central Asian news. They are banned in Uzbekistan for reporting on the organized torture and murder by the government, and especially for reporting on the Andijan Massacre.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andijan_massacre