This photo taken on July 16, 2023, shows the asphalting site of a highway linking Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
The 27-km-long and 11-meter-wide road section of Kabul-Kandahar highway will be asphalted under the project of the Afghan caretaker government, which will cost 1 billion afghanis (about 11.6 million U.S. dollars).
KABUL, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Afghan authorities started the project of asphalting a major section of the Kabul-Kandahar highway on Saturday, according to a statement from the caretaker government.
Costing 1 billion afghanis (about 11.6 million U.S. dollars), the 27-km-long and 11-meter-wide road will be covered with asphalt between the Arghandi Bazaar and the Durrani area along the Kabul-Kandahar highway, said the office of Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullal Abdul Ghani Beradar.
The project is financed by the caretaker government and is expected to be completed by private companies in the next two years, according to the statement. ■
