{"id":11050,"date":"2026-04-21T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/construction-26km-road-jalrez-maidan-wardak\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:00:29","slug":"construction-26km-road-jalrez-maidan-wardak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/construction-26km-road-jalrez-maidan-wardak\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Begins on 2.6-Kilometer Road in Jalrez, Maidan Wardak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rural Rehabilitation and Development Directorate of the Taliban has announced the commencement of initial work on a 2.6-kilometer road in the rocky area of Jalrez district, Maidan Wardak province.<\/p>\n<p>According to the directorate, this project is in its early construction phase and aims to make the route more accessible for local residents. The rocky terrain is part of the mountainous and relatively remote areas of Jalrez district, where inhabitants have long faced transportation challenges.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Taliban administration has not provided details regarding the project&#8217;s cost, funding source, or completion timeline. Previously, several infrastructure projects across provinces have been announced without transparent information on budgets and executive oversight; a matter that has consistently raised concerns about transparency and accountability in the implementation of public projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban begin constructing a 2.6 km road in Jalrez district, Maidan Wardak, aiming to improve local transportation despite lack of funding and timeline details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}