Aqina

Aqina
اقينه
Aqina is located in Afghanistan
Aqina
Aqina
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 37°13′43″N 65°15′47″E / 37.22861°N 65.26306°E / 37.22861; 65.26306
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceFaryab Province
DistrictKhani Chahar Bagh
Languages
 • Dari 
 • Pashto 
 • Turkmen 
Time zoneUTC+4:30

Aqina (Dari: اقينه; Pashto: اقينه), also known as Aqina Port, is a border checkpoint and border crossing in the northern Faryab Province of Afghanistan.[1] It has a train station by the same name, which serves as the second rail service between Afghanistan and neighboring Turkmenistan.[2] Aqina is located in the northern part of Khani Chahar Bagh District, directly adjacent to the border with Turkmenistan.[3]

Security in and around Aqina is provided by the Afghan National Security Forces, which includes the Afghan Border Force. Every visitor or traveler between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan must possess a valid travel visa.[4][5] The city of Andkhoy is less than 35 kilometres (22 mi) of driving distance to the southwest of Aqina.

  1. ^ "Aqina port revenue increases despite limited imports". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Rail freight transport to Aqina station (Afghanistan)". 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ UNOCHA. "Faryab Province District Atlas April 2014" (PDF). Humanitarian Response. UN OCHA Afghanistan. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan tourist visa for Turkmen citizens". visalist. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Turkmenistan tourist visa for Afghan citizens". visalist. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.