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Changing short description from "Afghan government intercity bus company" to "Afghan Government intercity bus service" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Afghan Government intercity bus service}}
[[File:Вадим Чуприна-Кабул VADIM CHUPRINA © Kabul 05.jpg|thumb|200px|A [[Tata Motors|Tata]] Millie Bus in Kabul, 1982]]
[[File:Kabul, 1978 (center).jpg|thumb|200px|The back of a Millie Bus in Kabul, 1978]]
'''Milli Bus''' ([[Pashto]]/[[Persian language|Persian]]: ملي بس, ''National Bus''), also spelt '''Millie Bus''', is a government-run bus service operating across [[Afghanistan]]. Operations are managed by the [[Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)|Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation]]. <ref>World Bank: ''Policy Paper 1.1: Corporatisation of MOT Truck and Bus Operations''. April 2003. [http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSARREGTOPTRANSPORT/Resources/579597-1128434742437/1735263-1128436052415/30MOT.pdf]</ref>

== Operations ==
The ''Milli Bus Enterprise'', which runs the service, operates services primarily in [[Kabul]], along with services in other areas including the [[Panjshir Province]], [[Parwan]], [[Kandahar]], and [[Maidan Wardak]].<ref name="reviveovercrowd">{{cite news|title=Milli Bus Enterprise Must Be Revived To Avoid Overcrowding On Kabul Roads |url=http://www.bakhtarnews.com.af/eng/social/item/12596-milli-bus-enterprise-must-be-revived-to-avoid-overcrowding-on-kabul-roads.html |date=1 June 2014 |agency=[[Bakhtar News Agency]] |location=Kabul |accessdate=Dec 18, 2014}}</ref>

Milli buses are among the cheapest mode of transport in Kabul, often resulting in overcrowding during peak hours.<ref name="suspended165">{{cite news|title=Crowded roads force Millie Bus to suspend 165 buses |url=http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2011/03/01/crowded-roads-force-millie-bus-suspend-165-buses |first=Abdul |last=Siddiqui |date=1 March 2011 |location=Kabul |publisher=[[Pajhwok Afghan News]] |accessdate=Dec 18, 2014}}</ref>

== History ==
Milli Bus dates back to the late 1920s. In 1979 the company also operated a [[Trolleybuses in Kabul|trolleybus system]]. The infrastructure of Millie Bus including parking lots, workshops and administrative sections were destroyed after 1992 due to the [[Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96)|outbreak of civil war]] in Kabul. It was reported that in 2001, after the Taliban regime ended, only 50 buses were operating in Kabul.<ref name="rebuildIN">{{Cite web|title=Rebuilding Afghanistan-India at Work |url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/182_Rebuilding-Afghanistan.pdf |date=August 2005 |publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]], [[Government of India]] |accessdate=Dec 19, 2014|page=28 }}</ref>
Around 1000 buses were received as aid from India, Iran, Japan, and Pakistan over a period of a decade after the downfall of the erstwhile Taliban government.<ref name="delhipledge">{{cite news|title=Delhi pledges 1,000 buses in aid to Kabul |url=http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2013/03/06/delhi-pledges-1000-buses-aid-kabul |first=Ghulam |last=Zakiri |date=6 March 2013 |work=[[Pajhwok Afghan News]] |location=Kabul |accessdate=Dec 18, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, it was reported that many of these buses were not operational as they had fallen into disrepair and since most of these buses were imported, the lack of spare parts hindered their repair operations.<ref name="notoperational">{{cite news|title=90pc Millie Buses not operational, MoTCA |url=http://thekabultimes.gov.af/index.php/opinions/social/4197-90pc-millie-buses-not-operational-motca.html |first=Shukriya |last=Kohistani |date=20 October 2014 |work=The Kabul Times |accessdate=Dec 18, 2014}}</ref> Under the ''National Institution Building Project'' of the [[United Nations Development Fund]], a maintenance department was established and officers and engineers were given training in maintenance of buses as well as other fields such as drivers training by [[India]]n automotive major [[Tata Motors]].<ref name="NIBP">{{Cite web|title=Afghanistan National Institution Building Project (NIBP) First Quarter Project Progress Report |url=http://www.af.undp.org/content/dam/afghanistan/docs/demgov/nibp/NIBP_1QPR_2011.pdf |year= 2011|publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] |accessdate=Dec 19, 2014}}</ref>

In 2015 Millie Bus operations in Kabul was the subject of a documentary by [[Ariana Television Network]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDlEFFVoJbg</ref>

==References==
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{{Transport in Afghanistan}}

[[Category:Bus operating companies]]
[[Category:Bus transport in Afghanistan]]

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