The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) says construction of the Wakhan corridor road in Badakhshan will be completed before the winter season reaches.
At the ministry’s annual accountability program, the acting minister of MRRD Mohammad Yunus Akhundzadeh said that China has also shown its readiness for transit through Wakhan road.
“This road can be a trade way. This road starts from China to Afghanistan and passes through many countries. This is an important road,” said Yunus Akhundzadeh.
He stated that thousands of small and large development projects have been implemented in the country over the past year.
He added that they are negotiating with the World Bank to determine the fate of 20,000 unfinished projects in the country.
An agreement has been made with the representatives of the World Bank to have a meeting with this ministry in the near future,” he said.
The ministry officials also stated that parallel development has started in the country and they have begun their work in all areas where rural projects are needed.
The ministry, meanwhile, added that over the past year, it has implemented more than a thousand projects in different regions of the country.