{"id":2776,"date":"2025-12-06T15:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/06\/taliban-kabul-jalalabad-highway-project-visit\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:45:23","slug":"taliban-kabul-jalalabad-highway-project-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/06\/taliban-kabul-jalalabad-highway-project-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Public Works Minister Inspects Kabul\u2013Jalalabad Highway Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mullah Mohammad Esa Thani, the Taliban\u2019s Minister of Public Works, has visited a 32-kilometer section of the second lane under construction on the Kabul\u2013Jalalabad highway, which begins in Kabul province. The visit comes as work continues on this concrete route through challenging terrain.<\/p>\n<p>The Kabul\u2013Jalalabad highway is considered one of Afghanistan\u2019s key transport corridors, connecting mountainous regions and serving as a strategic link between Kabul and the country\u2019s eastern provinces. It holds both economic and security importance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Taliban-led Ministry of Public Works, the minister instructed implementing teams and the contracted company to accelerate construction by increasing personnel and deploying more machinery\u2014beyond the current 50 active units. He also called for construction to proceed even during winter, provided that weather conditions permit.<\/p>\n<p>The second lane of the Kabul\u2013Jalalabad highway is being built in two phases, totaling 54 kilometers. This includes a 32-kilometer segment in Kabul province and a 22-kilometer section elsewhere. However, concerns are growing among residents and independent organizations over the quality and timeline of this critical project due to a lack of transparency and ineffective oversight under Taliban administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban minister visits Kabul\u2013Jalalabad highway project amid concerns over transparency and progress on key Afghan transport route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2776","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\/2776","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=2776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}