Afghanistan. One alternative was through Taskepri in Turkmenistan to Shebarghan and then through Balakh,  Mazar-i-Sharif , Samangan,  Kabul  and  Jalalabad  in Afghanistan, and  Peshawar ,  Nowshera ,  Islamabad  and  Lahore  in Pakistan to India. Another alternative was a route through  Serhetabat , Shindand,  Delaram , Kandahar, Quetta, Lora Lai,  Dera Ghazi