Accidents & Disasters
Salang highway reopens to traffic
The Salang highway, connecting Kabul with northern provinces, reopened to traffic on Saturday, an official said.
Features and Investigative Reports
Govt urged to resume repair work on Sharana-Matakhan road
SHARANA (Pajhwok): Residents and drivers say the government should resume reconstruction work on the Paktika-Paktia highway that passes through Matakhan district of southeastern Paktika province
Features and Investigative Reports
Melting snow exposes shoddy Salang road work
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Local officials say a large portion of southern Salang highway has been damaged after its gravelling around six months ago. Local officials say
Accidents & Disasters
Passengers trapped in snow on Badghis-Herat road rescued
QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): A 45-year-old man was frozen to death but all passengers trapped in snow in Band-i-Sabzak area of northwestern Badghis province have been rescued,
Security & Crime
1 person killed in firing on Kabul-Ghor highway
BAMYAN/FIROZKOH (Pajhwok): Local officials in Bamyan and Ghor provinces say that one person was killed and another wounded when armed robbers opened fire on a
Reconstruction
Drivers ask govt to repair Kabul-Kandahar highway
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Commuters and drivers ask the government for reconstruction of the Kabul-Kandahar highway, saying the route has been badly damaged during the past
Security & Crime
Truckers say no longer fleeced on highways
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Traders and truck drivers in southern Kandahar province say illegal extortion on highways has come to and, with transportation of goods seeing
Uncategorized
Taliban blow up culverts on Kabul-Jalalabad highway
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Local officials on Thursday said that Taliban militants had blown up three culverts on the second highway between Kabul and Jalalabad in Surkhrod
Reconstruction
No security issue on 2nd Kabul-Jalalabad highway: Locals
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Public Works Ministry says it has stopped surveying the Kabul-Jalalabad second highway due to security reasons but local people and officials say
Security & Crime
3 civilians killed in explosion on busy highway
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Three people have been killed as a result of a landmine explosion on the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway on Saturday morning, officials said. Governor Mohammad
Governance & Politics
Paktika-Paktia highway security ensured after 10 years
SHARANA (Pajhwok): Security on the Paktia-Paktika highway has been ensured after 10 years by establishing new bases and posts along the route. Governor MujibRahmanChamkani
