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Farah City (Pajhwok): Residents of western Farah province said the Sheikh Abu Nasr Farahi Road project, which was started nearly two decades ago with Iranian funding, has not yet been completed.
Although construction of the 120-kilometer road, which connects the Afghan-Iranian border to the city of Farah, began in 2007, it has yet to be completed.
Iranian authorities initially promised to complete the project within 18 months, but as the political situation in Afghanistan changed, the Iranian delegation reviewed the project and promised to speed up its completion.
Farah residents stressed the importance of the road in shortening the distance between Afghanistan and Iran and they were eager for its completion as soon as possible.
Mohammad Wazir, a resident of Dewar Surkh village in Farakaki Safed district, pointed out that the road was built up to Karaika district many years ago but the remaining part is still unfinished.
He described the trail as “easy and short” and not as muddy, dusty, uncomfortable and arduous as other routes.
Wazir explained that if the road is built, the travel time to the border can be reduced by four to five hours, while currently it takes 17 to 18 hours to travel to the border due to the bad road conditions.
Echoing the same sentiment, another driver, Nazar Mohammad, said the journey from Farah city to Karaika district was extremely difficult and vehicles were prone to breakdown.
Mohammed Younis, a resident of Farah, said the construction of the road had been sporadic over the past 20 years. Other residents also expressed their dissatisfaction and demanded completion of the project.
In response, Sher Ahmad Nasri, an engineer from the Public Works Department in Farah, informed Pajhwok that the construction of Sheikh Abu Nasr Farahi Road has resumed recently.
According to Nasri, about 80% of the main road and culverts have been completed, and only asphalt paving is left. As the paving work progresses, it is planned to lay four to five kilometers of asphalt every month.
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