LAHORE, Oct 25: A four-member Afghan delegation is likely to visit Pakistan after Eid to explore the possibility of establishing a rail link between Kandahar and Chaman, it is learnt.

Sources told Dawn on Tuesday that during their visit four senior officers of the Afghan ministry of public works would discuss with their Pakistani counterparts modalities to lay the track.

Pakistan’s railway ministry officials said they had completed the groundwork and were ready to lay down the track from Chaman to Kandahar.

“The project is very important as it would not only strengthen bilateral trade relations with Afghanistan, but would also open up opportunities to expand the rail link to Central Asian countries,” the officials said.

“The exact date of the Afghan delegation’s arrival will be finalized shortly,” they said.