A new transit route between Afghanistan and Iran will be built in Afghanistan's Nimruz province, Mehr reported citing local media.

Local sources reported that a new transit route will be built due to the inadequacy of the Silk Bridge, the only route for the transfer of commercial goods between Afghanistan and Iran in Nimruz province to solve the problems of traders and facilitate the passage of commercial goods.

The Silk Bridge in Nimruz province, located on the border between Afghanistan and Iran, is periodically overcrowded.

Traders in Nimruz welcomed the construction of the new transit route and expressed hope that the initiative would solve problems in the export and import of commercial goods.

The Silk Bridge border crossing is the only connection between Zaranj city and Iran's Milak border crossing, with half of the bridge in Iran and the other half in Afghanistan.