Afghanistan, Oct. 4 -- The Taliban administration on Sunday inaugurated a 121-kilometer gravel road through Afghanistan's remote Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan province, describing the project as a potential route for expanding trade and transit links with China.
The road stretches from the Broghil area of Wakhan to the Chinese border and was built in two phases at a reported cost of 365 million Afghanis ($5.5 million), according to reports.
Abdul Latif Mansour, the Taliban-appointed minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, said the project has political, strategic and economic importance. He said the road could improve access for residents of the Wakhan and Pamir areas and eventually contribute to wider transit and trade connecti...