Kandahar–Herat Highway

E801159

highway road transportation infrastructure

The Kandahar–Herat Highway is a major roadway in southwestern Afghanistan that connects the cities of Kandahar and Herat, forming a key segment of the country’s primary transport corridor.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kandahar–Herat highway network	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway ⓘ road transportation infrastructure ⓘ
conditionIssues	insufficient maintenance ⓘ potholes and surface degradation ⓘ security-related damage ⓘ
connectsCity	Herat NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandahar NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEra	early 1960s ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
economicRole	facilitates imports and exports through Herat–Iran border ⓘ supports agricultural exports from Helmand and Kandahar ⓘ
formsSegmentOf	primary transport corridor of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	Kabul–Kandahar Highway (via Kandahar) NERFINISHED ⓘ roads to Islam Qala border crossing (via Herat) ⓘ
hasLanes	two-lane road (in most sections) ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern Afghanistan ⓘ
maintenanceResponsibility	Afghan government (de jure) NERFINISHED ⓘ
networkRole	western arc of Afghanistan’s Ring Road ⓘ
originalBuilder	Afghan government NERFINISHED ⓘ United States (primary donor and contractor support) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Afghanistan Ring Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Asian Highway network (via Ring Road connections) NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThroughRegion	Farah Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Helmand Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Herat Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandahar Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Nimruz Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	Pashtun-majority areas in the south ⓘ mixed ethnic areas in western Afghanistan ⓘ
rehabilitationSupport	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ World Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ
renovation	major rehabilitation after 2001 ⓘ
roadType	paved highway ⓘ
securityRisks	banditry and checkpoints by armed groups ⓘ insurgent attacks ⓘ roadside bombs ⓘ
strategicImportance	key trade route between southern and western Afghanistan ⓘ links to Iran via Herat ⓘ links to Pakistan via Kandahar ⓘ
surface	asphalt ⓘ
terminusCityEast	Kandahar NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminusCityWest	Herat NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	domestic trade ⓘ military logistics ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kandahar Province → traversedBy → Kandahar–Herat Highway ⓘ

Lashkargah → roadConnection → Kandahar–Herat Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kandahar–Herat highway network