Aqina اقينه | |
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  Aqina Location within Afghanistan | |
| Coordinates:37°13′43″N65°15′47″E / 37.22861°N 65.26306°E /37.22861; 65.26306 | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Faryab Province |
| District | Khani Chahar Bagh |
| Languages | |
| • Dari | |
| • Pashto | |
| • Turkmen | |
| Time zone | UTC+4:30 |
Aqina (Dari:اقينه;Pashto:اقينه), also known asAqina Port, is aborder checkpoint andborder crossing in the northernFaryab Province ofAfghanistan.[1] It has atrain station by the same name, which serves as the secondrail service between Afghanistan and neighboringTurkmenistan.[2] Aqina is located in the northern part ofKhani Chahar Bagh District, directly adjacent to the border with Turkmenistan.[3]
Security in and around Aqina is provided by theAfghan National Security Forces, which includes theAfghan Border Force. Every visitor or traveler between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan must possess a validtravel visa.[4][5] The city ofAndkhoy is less than 35 kilometres (22 mi) of driving distance to the southwest of Aqina.
Aqina is the southernterminus of a railway line viaImamnazar toKerki in Turkmenistan, which officially became operational in late 2016.[6][7] It became one of threerailways in Afghanistan.
The rail extension from Aqina to Andkhoy was completed in early 2021.[8][9][10] Unknown when it will actually happen, the rail line will eventually become part of arailway corridor through northern Afghanistan.[11]
There is a smalldry port with basic facilities in Aqina,[12][13] which includes aheliport where about a dozenhelicopters can be parked.
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