Nangalem, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2004: An Afghan elder walks down an unpaved and rocky mountain road. In 2004, Stars and Stripes wrote “Afghan’s legendarily inaccessible terrain has meant this ...

Troops stationed in northern Afghanistan work to build a vital road. NARAY, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2011— -- We're at the "Tip of the Spear." Forward Operating Base Bostick is a remote United ...

JOB CREATION Since 2002, USAID, the organisation through which the U.S. government channels the vast majority of its aid to Afghanistan, has spent $1 billion building 1,700 km of new paved road.

Before the bridge and the road, we used donkeys to carry the stones and there were a lot of problems. Now we can use trucks.” That’s good financial news for the area and the province.

The road from Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, to the Pakistani border is vital to trade and other concerns. But it's also treacherous, despite recent improvements.

WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Dec. 16 -- Attack helicopters circled overhead, snipers peeked from rooftops, a trench had been dug alongside the reception tent and all traffic was halted for ...

Last October, the Bush administration arranged a briefing for aides to Barack Obama and John McCain on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. Among the expert advisers was David Kilcullen, an ...

KHYBER AGENCY, PAKISTAN — Thieves, feuding tribesmen and Taliban militants are creating chaos along the main Pakistan-Afghanistan highway, threatening a vital supply line for U.S. and NATO ...

17 November 2003 GENEVA - The UN Refugee Agency today grounded road trips in Afghanistan and announced it will review its programme to help Afghan refugees return home a day after gunmen shot and ...