Afghanistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia on Wednesday signed a major international trade and transport corridor deal that will connect Afghanistan directly to Europe.

The Lapis Lazuli Corridor will begin in Afghanistan’s northern Aqina port in Faryab province and Torghandi in western Herat province and will run through to Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Fawad Aman discusses the topic with the following guests: 

Suhrab Bahman, spokesman of ministry of economy 

Reza Farzam, university lecturer