New York Times
Reporting along the 300-mile stretch of road between Kandahar and Kabul, Afghanistan’s two largest cities.
Highway 1 was once among the most dangerous, damaged arteries in Afghanistan.
But on a recent 300-mile road trip between Afghanistan’s two largest cities, Times journalists only encountered order and security — and not a single pothole.
Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, they have worked to replace the violence that largely defined this highway, and the country, with strengthened security and administration.