Transoxiana is an environmental and social impact assessment firm that provides services such as impact studies, transmission line construction and surveys, staffing, engineering, arbitration, security studies, livelihood programs, and logistics. It was established in Pakistan in 2007 and has completed numerous projects in Afghanistan and Central Asia, primarily as a subcontractor for organizations such as the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and SNC Lavalin. Some of its major projects include transmission line surveys, threat assessments, hostage negotiations, and project management services.

1. TRANSOXIANA
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT FIRM

2. TRANSOXIANA CAPABILITIES
1. Social and Environmental Impact Studies
2. Transmission Line Construction and surveys
3. Staffing and provision of human resources
4. Civil Engineering Bid preparation
5. Dispute Arbitration
6. Security studies,Intelligence Appreciations and Threat
Perceptions
7. Alternative Livelihood Programs
8. Logistics and Supply Chain Management Solutions
BACKGROUND
Afghan Toll was established at Kabul in June 2005 .
In 2007 a new company TRANSOXIANA was registered in Pakistan.
Both companies worked under the stewardship of Agha H Amin.
Various projects were carried out which are summarized as below.

3. MAJOR PROJECTS OF TRANSOXIANA AND PREDECESSOR COMPANY
AFGHAN TOLL
PROJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS
Staffing services to Servaer Uzbekistan in the pre
bid stage for Project Number: 37393 December
2005 Technical Assistance Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan: Preparing the Financial Market and
Private Sector Development Program
Servaer was
biddig for an
ADB project
Construct concrete tower foundations for
Government of India Grant Uzbekistan –Kabul
Transmission line.
Main client was
KEC India and
Afghan Toll wa
sub contractor
Threat perception and country study of
Balochistan Crisis in Pakistan for a state client.
December 2005
to May 2006
Partner with SOFRECO France in Afghanistan
Natural Gas Development Expression of Interest
for Asian Development Project number: AOTA:
AFG 37085-01 Project name: Natural Gas
Development Project- January 2006 to mid 2006
http://www.scribd.com/doc/102866166/EoI-
ADB-AFG-Natural-Gas-Dev-Project
ADB
project.SOFRECO
was not
successful in the
bid
Strategic Study of Af Pak war for a NATO state
client
May 2006 to
September 2006
TA No. 4696-AFG / Preparing the Commercial
Agriculture Development Project. Provision of
Horticultural expert to Servaer Uzbekistan which
was sub contractor of Landell Mills, Provided
agricultural experts to Servaer Uzbekistan which
was sub contractor of Landell Mills for ADB Agro
project.The participation was cancelled due to
issues between Servaer and LML but LML retained
our expert Mr Stanikzai.
ADB project with
Servaer as main
contractor
Hostage negotiations with Taliban for a NATO
state client
September 2006
to March 2007
ADB TA6308 REG: Scaling Up of the Social ADB project with

4. Protection Index for Committed Poverty
Reduction as sub contractor with Servaer
Uzbekistan which was sub contractor with
Halcrow Fox. This contract was signed with
Servaer Uzbekistan on 19 August 2006 – Sub
contractor with Servaer Uzbekistan which was
subcontractor with Halcrow Fox for Preparation of
the Country Report for Afghanistan as part of the
ADB TA6308 REG: Scaling Up of the Social
Protection Index for Committed Poverty
Reduction.
Servaer as main
contractor
Afghan Toll TA No.6308-REG Social Protection
Index for Committed Poverty Reduction ADB
Project Country Draft Report was completed and
submitted successfully in March 2007.
ADB project with
Servaer as main
contractor
Organising and managing Supply of crush and
aggregate to Aydeniz Insaat Turkey constructing
military portion of Kabul Airport . June 2006 to
August 2006 Supply of crush and aggregate to
Aydeniz Insaat Turkey constructing military
portion of Kabul Airport as contractor for ISAF.
Contract
between Afghan
Toll and Turkish
Company
Aydinez who
was contractor
of NATO
July 2006 –supply of cold mix to Aydeniz Insaat
for Kabul Airport.
June 2006 to
August 2006
Supply of crush
and aggregate
to Aydeniz
Insaat Turkey
constructing
military portion
of Kabul Airport
as contractor for
ISAF.
Supply of Bitumin Grade 60-70 to Aydeniz at
Kabul Airport.
June 2006 to
August 2006
Supply of crush
and aggregate
to Aydeniz
Insaat Turkey
constructing
military portion
of Kabul Airport
as contractor for
ISAF.

5. Consultant with NATO client for IED survey in
Afghanistan from May 2006 to October 2006.
Work dealt with IED logistics, how to interdict IED
logistics and anti IED countermeasures at the
strategic, operational and tactical level.
NATO state
client
Survey of 22 Km Road from Nad I Ali to Camp
Bastion with Pro Sima Lebanon. Pre bid survey for
USACE bid for Pro Sima Lebanon in a highly
dangerous insurgent dominated area.
Afghan Toll
carried out
survey as sub
contractor of Pro
Sima Lebanon
Pre bid preparation of National Emergency Rural
Access Project ,Project ID No.: P103343 for
Servaer Uzbekistan-March 2007.
Pre bid preparation of Project Number: 37393.
Worked as staffing sub contractor with Servaer
Uzbekistan but did not get the project. The
objective of the proposed project was to provide
year-round access to basic services and facilities
in rural areas of Afghanistan covered by the
project.
Pre bid proposal preparation of MOA/507 ,
Facilitating Partner to support the Horticulture
Production Component,March 2007 to May 2007.
We prepared the financial and technical proposal
for a client company but did not succeed in
getting the project. The HLP project sought to
support the Afghanistan Government implement
its Agricultural Master Plan through building local
capacity developing both germplasm and
improved planting materials, introducing new
technologies and assisting local producers to
adopt Best Management Practices (BMP). The
expected result of these investments was a
reinvigorated horticulture and livestock sector
that enables rural economic development to grow
at the target of 5% per annum in order to reduce
rural poverty.
ADB Project
-Asian Development Bank TA Project Number:
40537-CASA 1000- First Attempt as sub
contractors of UBI Uzbekistan which was
subcontractor of SNC Lavalin Canada- June 2007
to November 2007. This project was not a success
as sub sub contractor rate of Afghan Toll was
ADB Project with
Afghan Toll as
sub contractor
of UBI which
was sub
contractor of

6. extremely low and it was difficult to implement
the project. Canadian team specially flew in from
Canada to Pakistan and pre survey training for
Afghan staff was held at Lahore Head Ofiice of
NESPAK.However when the Afghan staff was sent
into field data collection was not successful
because of various logistic issues.
SNC Lavalin
Canada-From
March 2007 to
November 2007
ADB CASA 1000 Study Afghan Toll as
sub contractor
of SNC Lavalin
Canada.The
study was
successfully
carried out from
March 2008 to
September 2008
and accepted by
SNC Lavalin
Canada and ADB
CONSULTANT HUSNAIN COTEX LIMITED-MARCH
2008 TO JUNE 2009
1. Bid preparation Panjsher road bid USACE-
February 2008 to March 2008.
2. Bid preparation Sangtuda Pul I Khumri
Transmission line
3. Bid preparation Pul I Khumri Doshi Road.
4. Bid preparation Bala Murghab Leman Road.
5. Project Management preparation Benazir
Bhutto International Airport
6. Operation of Hot Recycling machine
7. Operation of Cold Recycling machine
PRE BID SURVEY OF ADB CONSTRUCTION BID OF
SANGTUDA PUL I KHUMRI TRANSMISSION LINE,
Transoxiana made a pre bid survey of Sangtuda
Pul I Khumri Transmission line construction bid
for a client who did not get the project in March-
April 2008.
ADB Bid
Realignment of CASA 1000 at Salang Pass Study
for SNC Lavalin Canada –December 2009 to
February 2011-This was a World Bank Project.
World Bank
Threat perceptions for various foreign NGOs
working in Pakistan.
Various foreign
clients
Evacuation of more than 200 plant and machinery Private Pakistani

7. from dangerous areas in Balochistan. company in
Balochistan
Carried out World Bank High Level Desk Top study
for Uzbekistan Afghanistan Pakistan Electric
Transmission line as sub contractor of SNC Lavalin
Canada.
World Bank
Project with SNC
Lavalin Canada
as major
contractor
Carried out study of electric line from Uzbekistan
to Chitral Pakistan for SNC Lavalin Canada.The
study was discontinued in the middle when SNC
Lavalin discovered that there was no compatible
grid station in Chitral.
World Bank
Project with SNC
Lavalin Canada
as major
contractor
Provided System Planning Specialist, Power
Transmission Expert); and Social Safeguard
Expert to provide certain consultancy services to
Fichtner Germany as sub contractor of UNICON
United Kingdom for Asian Development Bank TA
No. 7637: Power Sector Master Plan in
Afghanistan
ADB Afghanistan
Electric
Masterplan
Projects.
Staffing partner
with Unicon UK
which was sub
contractor of
Fichtner
Germany for
Asian
Development
Bank project TA
No 7637.
Threat Perceptions for various NGOS Pakistan
TA 7853 (REG) Afghanistan Turkmenistan
Regional Power Interconnection Project.
Carried out alignment social Impact Assessment,
resettlement and environmental survey now for
Turkmenistan Afghanistan Electric Transmission
line. An ADB project where TRANSOXIANA
Was sub
consultant with
FICHTNER
Germany in the
ASIAN
DEVELOPMENT
BANK TA 7853
(REG)
Afghanistan
Turkmenistan
Regional Power
Interconnection
Project.
Study of hostile intelligence operations for a state
client in West Asia
For a state client

8. Construct concrete tower foundations for Government of India Grant
Uzbekistan –Kabul Transmission line.

10. Dr Gregg Weary , SNC Lavalin Environment expert conducts training for CASA 1000 Survey at Lahore,A pril
2008

11. THE CITATION MARK ON AFGHAN TAJIK BORDER AT BANDAR SHER
KHAN ON THE OXUS RIVER FROM WHERE AFGHAN TOLL THE
PREDECESSOR COMPANY OF TRANSOXIANA COMMENCED THE FAMOUS
CASA 1000 TRANSMISSION LINE SURVEY AS SUB CONTRACTOR OF SNC
LAVALIN CANADA.THEN AN ADB PROJECT AND NOW A WORLD BANK
PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR BIDDING IN 2012

12. End of CASA 1000 Survey, Afghan Pakistan Border at Torkham

16. With Dr Willy Kotiuga of SNC Lavalin at Lahore, March 2011

17. Study on Establishment of Border Trade Zones in Pakistans FATA and border regions-April to July 2011

18. Mr Rainer Stroewer the environment and impact assessment expert who flew specially from Germany to
train the survey team
Turkmenistan Mazar Line Survey Start Point at Aqina

19. CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICERS PROFILE
CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER OF TRANSOXIANA RECEIVES DIPLOMA OF
MILITARY ENGINEERING AT US ARMY ENGINEER SCHOOL FORT
BELVOIR
1. Commissioned in corps of engineers Pakistan Army in 1955 Brigadier
Khalid Mohammad Amin served in various command and staff positions
finally rising to rank of brigadier in 1976.
2. He graduated from US Army Engineer School Fort Belvoir in 1964.
3. He served as Director General National Highway Board Pakistan (1981-
87).

20. 4. Served as consultant with World Bank Consultant Highways Nigeria
(1988).
5. Served as Member Operations National Highway Authority Pakistan
(1992-94).
6. Served as Director General Punjab Highway Authority Punjab Pakistan
(1994-97).
7. Consultant Nazir and Company Pakistan in Iraq,Libya and Pakistan
(1987-92) & (1997-todate).
8. In addition he is dispute resolution expert with various reputable
companies including SAMBU Construction Korea and Husnain Cotex
Group A.The last arbitration that he attended was at Singapore in
between Taisei Corporation Japan and AM Construction Pakistan.

22. CEO PROFILE
Detailed testimonials on :--
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92399986/Testimonials-
Recommendations-and-Publications
Agha.H.Amin was educated at the Forman Christian College and the Pakistan
Military Academy . He served in the military from May 1981 till March 1994
and retired as a major from the tank corps.On retirement he established
Karakoram Field Logistic services which he ran as its CEO till August 2000.
In August 2000 he joined monthly Defence Journal as Assistant Editor and
monthly Globe as Executive Editor where he served till May 2002.His first
book Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-59 Reinterpreted was published in August
1998 and Pakistan Army till 1965 was published in August 1999.
Agha.H.Amin wrote extensively in Defence Journal,Globe, Daily Nation,Daily
News, etc during the period 1999-2009 and conducted many interviews with
leading participants of India Pakistan wars.
In 2004 June he joined as founder Editor of Journal of Afghanistan Studies
which was financed by Danish Foreign Ministry at Kabul.Journal of
Afghanistan Studies was Afghanistans first historical research journal in
English and functioned as part of the Afghan NGO Afghanistan Study Centre
earlier known as WUFA or Writers Union of Free Afghanistan established by
noted Afghan intellectual Professor Rasul Amin.In addition he assisted
Professor Rasul Amin in organizing workshops on democracy awareness for
the Carnegie Endowment for democracy grant in 2004 and 2005.
Sumultaneously he also served as General Manager of an Afghan NGO RDA
which carried out various construction projects in Afghanistan , notably
rehabilitation of Kabul University female dormitory and construction of clinics
and schools for USAID in Helmand,Ghazni and Kunduz provinces.
In 2005 he established Afghan Toll a consulting company registered in
Afghanistan.Afghan Toll carried out various projects of national and
international significance in Afghanistan.
In 2007 he established TRANSOXIANA which to date has carried out various
projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

23. Fellow at Alexandrian Defense Group
http://alexandriandefense.org/fellows.htm
July 2010 - Present (2 years 9 months)
Fellow at Alexandrian Defense Group USA July 2010 - Present (1 year 7 months) Alexandrian
Defense Group (ADG) is an assembly of leaders in the arena of Counterinsurgency (COIN)
Intelligence and Education. We collect, analyze, and distribute the most current insights pertaining
to a subject vital to national and regional defense planning. Not satisfied with the mere
recapitulation of raw facts and unconfirmed observations, ADG's team of military and cultural
analysts bring you broad-based, multifaceted impact studies that may be incorporated into
meaningful contingency planning. We believe that effective COIN is a blending of strong tactical
knowledge of our adversaries and enlightened philosophical understanding of their thinking
Analyst at www.orbat.com
Author of various books and publications dealing with security , historical and geopolitical issues.