ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan and Afghanistan are advancing plans to lay a fiber-optic communication line between the two countries, said Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Kabul Hoja Ovezov during a meeting with Afghan Minister of Communications and IT Alhaj Maulvi Najibullah Hayat Haqqani, Trend reports via the Ministry of Communications and IT on X. At the meeting, the officials highlighted the importance of improving communication technologies and strengthening cyber security. Ambassador Ovezov reaffirmed Turkmenistan's commitment to working closely with Afghanistan to implement the joint fiber-optic project to enhance connectivity and internet security across both nations. Minister Haqqani emphasized that in the current digital era, the extension of fiber-optic networks is crucial for secure and reliable data transmission. Source: Trend News Agency