Kandahar Afghanistan
Department of State Washington File: Rebuilding of Afghanistan's Transnational Highway in Full Swing
Comparing the construction of the Kabul-Kandahar stretch of the highway to the Kandahar-Herat segment, Jordano said that different challenges were involved. He said the Kabul-Kandahar segment was driven more by a political deadline set by President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai to demonstrate progress in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Jordano said the Kandahar-Herat segment presents greater engineering challenges. ... Construction of the highway segment linking Kandahar to Herat began in October 2004 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2006. It is a joint venture involving the United States, Saudi Arabia and Japan. The United States will spend an estimated $200 million to lay the pavement for 325 of the 556 kilometers between Kandahar and Herat. The 386-kilometer segment of the highway from the capital Kabul in the east to Kandahar was completed in December 2003 after eight months of work. ... [Read More]
Kabul – Kandahar Road Dedication
[ DSL/Cable] [ dial-up] [ audio] [ Broadcast Glossary] The once-torturous but now silkily reconstructed road between Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar was formally completed today in a ribbon-cutting ceremony presided over by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. President Bush had promised Karzai that the road would be completed on time, and as Afghanistan opened its constitutional Assembly, the Loya Jerga, the road was opened. [Read More]
Rebuilding the Road - US Department of State
A completed section of the highway segment linking Kandahar to Herat. (State Dept. photo) Rebuilding of Afghanistan's Transnational Highway in Full SwingCompletion of "Ring Road" in 2006 will help unify the countryThe rebuilding ... [Read More]
Demining Agency for Afghanistan
(Photos by Robert Gannon, RONCO Consulting Corporation, June 2003; click for larger image.) [Read More]
Afghanistan (04/05)
Afghanistan’s national airline, Ariana, operates domestic and international routes, including flights to New Delhi, Islamabad, Dubai, Moscow, Istanbul, Tehran, and Frankfurt. A private carrier, Kam Air, commenced domestic operations in November 2003. Many sections of Afghanistan’s highway and regional road system are undergoing significant reconstruction. The U.S. (with assistance from Japan) completed building a highway linking Kabul to the southern regional capital, Kandahar. Construction is soon to begin on the next phase of highway reconstruction between Kandahar and the western city of Herat. The Asian Development Bank is nearing completion on a road reconstruction project between Kandahar and Spin Boldak, located at the southeastern border with Pakistan. ... [Read More]
Afghanistan
111111--09/09/04 Groundbreaking of the Kandahar to Tarin Kowt Kot Road ... 1111--06/30/03 Demining Agency for Afghanistan; Kandahar, Afghanistan ... [Read More]
Construction of Road from Kabul to Kandahar in Afghanistan
The once-torturous but now reconstructed road between Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar was formally completed December 16, 2003 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony presided over by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. President Bush promised Karzai that the road would be completed on time. As promised, the road was opened on time and the ceremony coincided with Afghanistan opening its constitutional Assembly, the Loya Jerga, The resurfacing reduced travel time on its 300-mile distance from as much as 30 hours to 6 or less and is the most visible sign of America’s post-war reconstruction. The USAID provided more than $190 million to complete the highway, the first phase of an effort to rebuild the ring road that circumnavigates Afghanistan. ... [Read More]
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