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World's Most Dangerous Roads: Killer Kandahar to Kabul

October 24, 2008 at 10:49 AM | by | Comments (0)

Awhile back, we told you about some of the world's most dangerous roads. So as winter and presidential candidates turn their sights to Afghanistan, it seems fitting to identify potentially the most dangerous road of all: The newly reconstructed--and probably soon to be fully destructed--Highway 1.

In addition to the rough terrain it shares with other notoriously unsafe trails, the highway linking Kandahar and Kabul also includes a fleet of self-appointed traffic cops with one aim: Kill everyone.

Aid workers, Afghans, westerners and probably cows and chickens are all targeted by Taliban and other insurgent fighters on the road.

The US-led coalition has already poured hundreds of millions of dollars into rebuilding Afghanistan's main road--considering it a symbol of progress--but militias continually interrupt the process. Looks like we'll have to postpone that vacation to the Hindu Kush mountains for now.

Related Stories:
· Death Stalks the Highway to Hell [Asia Times]
· World's Most Dangerous Roads coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: jorritjamesvandenberg]

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