{"id":6012,"date":"2026-02-03T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/03\/taliban-signs-contract-rebuild-qaisar-laman-road-50km\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:00:19","slug":"taliban-signs-contract-rebuild-qaisar-laman-road-50km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/03\/taliban-signs-contract-rebuild-qaisar-laman-road-50km\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract Signed to Rebuild 50 km of Qaisar\u2013Laman Road in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Works Directorate under the Taliban administration has announced the signing of a contract to rebuild 50 kilometers of the Qaisar\u2013Laman road with a construction company. The official commencement of this project is expected to begin soon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, spokesperson for the ministry, this section of the road starts from the Maymana district in Badghis province and extends towards the Bala Murghab district. The project&#8217;s funding will come from the Ministry of Public Works budget, and the completion period is anticipated to be three years.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban officials emphasized that the Qaisar\u2013Laman road is part of Afghanistan\u2019s ring road and is listed among the ministry\u2019s important infrastructure projects. The route has long faced serious traffic challenges due to its poor condition.<\/p>\n<p>According to the provided information, once completed, the project is expected to facilitate easier travel for residents, improve the transportation of commercial goods and agricultural products, and reduce transportation costs. However, local experts have consistently stressed the importance of transparency in project implementation, continuous monitoring, and preventing lengthy delays\u2014a matter that has been criticized in many infrastructure projects under the Taliban administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban&#8217;s Public Works signs contract to reconstruct 50km of Qaisar\u2013Laman road, aiming to improve transport and reduce costs in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6012","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\/6012","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=6012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}