According to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks , it took nearly a year for the U.S. and NATO to negotiate transit rights with central Asian governments such as Uzbekistan , although two-thirds of jet aviation fuel bound for Afghanistan was already transiting Uzbekistan . The U.S. military has developed an alternative railroad into Afghanistan . The Northern Distribution Network 's main line begins in Latvia . It runs through Russia, Belarus and Poland to Germany where it connects with the Trans-European Pipeline System ( TAP ) which is a major oil pipeline that goes from western Siberia all the way down to Rotterdam on
The U.S. military has developed an alternative railroad into Afghanistan . The Northern Distribution Network 's main line begins in Latvia . It runs through Russia, Belarus and Poland to Germany where it connects with the Trans-European Pipeline System ( TAP ) which is a major oil pipeline that goes from western Siberia all the way down to Rotterdam on