Second Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili opened the work on the Heart-Kabul highway through Behsud of Maidan-Wardak towards Cheghcharan and second part of Maidn-Wardak till Bamyan while the first part of Maidan-Wardak-Mamyan was commissioned. Present at the ceremony were Abdul Qudus Hamidi minister of public works, governors of Maidan-Wardak and Bamyan and some members of the parliament, Ulema and cultural figures and some people of the area. Khalili congratulated the people on the opening of the highway and added that one of the aspirations of the community was realized that is covering Kabul Herat highway through Hazarajat. He reiterated that the government not only will build up this project but the important project of Balkh-Kandahar highway through the central regions and by implementing of these two projects the central regions will be connected to the country’s cities. He asked the builder companies to pay utmost attention in quality of their work and asked the people to supervise the quality of work on these projects as well. He stressed that the government through its national budget and with the assistance of friendly countries is decisive to build up the country’s highways and this way accomplish an important role in expansion of the country. He assured the people that Afghanistan will never return to the irregular past situation and with the assistance of the international communities will continue its struggle towards peace, stability and combating against terrorism in Afghanistan and in the region. The minister of public works also explained his ministry’s plans for building of highways. He added that the Maidan-Bamyan highway extends at a length of 54 Kms and will be completed at the cost of Euro 36 million assistance of Italy. The second part of the highway having a length of 82 Kms is to be built with Euro 63 million in two coming years to be assisted by Italy.
Bakhtar News Agency
