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Officials and Turkmen traditional dancers gather at Turkmenistan's Imamnazar customs point on November 28, 2016 as they watch a freight train heading to Afghanistan's Akina during a ceremony marking the opening of the first section of a $2 billion railway link between the two countries. Asian neighbours Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on November 28 opened the first section of a $2 billion link connecting their two countries by rail for the first time and set to extend to Tajikistan. / AFP / Igor SASIN (Photo credit should read IGOR SASIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Officials and Turkmen traditional dancers gather at Turkmenistan's Imamnazar customs point on November 28, 2016 as they watch a freight train heading to Afghanistan's Akina during a ceremony marking the opening of the first section of a $2 billion railway link between the two countries. Asian neighbours Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on November 28 opened the first section of a $2 billion link connecting their two countries by rail for the first time and set to extend to Tajikistan. / AFP / Igor SASIN (Photo credit should read IGOR SASIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Posters with portraits of Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (L) and his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani are seen at Turkmenistan's Imamnazar customs point on November 28, 2016, during a ceremony marking the opening of the first section of a $2 billion railway link between the two countries. Asian neighbours Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on November 28 opened the first section of a $2 billion link connecting their two countries by rail for the first time and set to extend to Tajikistan. / AFP / Igor SASIN (Photo credit should read IGOR SASIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Posters with portraits of Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (L) and his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani are seen at Turkmenistan's Imamnazar customs point on November 28, 2016, during a ceremony marking the opening of the first section of a $2 billion railway link between the two countries. Asian neighbours Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on November 28 opened the first section of a $2 billion link connecting their two countries by rail for the first time and set to extend to Tajikistan. / AFP / Igor SASIN (Photo credit should read IGOR SASIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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