Afghanistan Opens 121-Km Wakhan Road Linking Badakhshan to China Border

Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have officially opened a 121-kilometre road through the Wakhan region of Badakhshan to the Chinese border, establishing a new direct road connection between Afghanistan and China.

The gravel road runs from the Broghil area to the zero point on the Chinese border. Officials said the project cost approximately 365 million afghanis and includes 66 culverts, four major bridges and retaining walls along sections of the route.

Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Abdul Latif Mansour described the project as strategically, politically and economically significant. Badakhshan Governor Rahmatullah Najib also attended the inauguration and addressed the ceremony.

The route could eventually support greater Afghanistan-China trade and regional transit, although opening the road does not by itself mean that a fully operational commercial border crossing with China has begun functioning. Additional customs and transport infrastructure would be required for large-scale commercial transit.

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