Rehabilitation of an 11.5-kilometre road linking Shahristan district in central Afghanistan's Daikundi province with Gizab district in neighbouring Uruzgan has been completed at a cost of 1,688,700 afghanis.
Mawlavi Habibullah Rahnama, head of Daikundi's provincial disaster management department, said the project was carried out to improve road conditions, ease vehicle movement and address the transport difficulties faced by local residents. Damaged sections of the road were rebuilt, repaired and widened.
Officials say the completed road will improve connectivity between the two districts and make travel easier for more than 1,500 families. In these mountainous districts, the route is an important link to markets, health centres and other basic services.