Flights from Dushanbe to Khorog take one hour, to Khojand one hour and to Kulyab 30 minutes.
Internal services are subject to cancellations, long delays and overloading of passengers.
Passenger railways are restricted at present. A spur from Kulyab to Kurgan-Tyube is currently under construction. There is a reasonable road network in Tajikistan, though some parts may be seasonally impassable. The only way of reaching these areas is through Uzbekistan. Recent political and economic troubles have meant that road maintenance has been widely neglected.