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National Highway 8
Kabul–Jalalabad Road
Location
CountryAfghanistan
Highway system
Somewhere on the Kabul–Jalalabad Road
View of the road
Stopped traffic on the Jalalabad–Kabul Road.

The Kabul–Jalalabad Road, also known as National Highway 08 (NH08), is a highway running between the Afghan cities of Kabul (the national capital) and Jalalabad, the largest city in eastern Afghanistan and capital of Nangarhar Province.[1] A portion of the road runs through the Tang-e Gharu gorge.[2]

The road is about 152 kilometres (94 mi) long and travels upwards from an elevation of 575 m in Jalalabad to 1790 m in Kabul.[3] Because of the many traffic accidents, the road between Jalalabad and Kabul is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world.[4][5] It consists of narrow roads with sharp turns past high cliffs and a valley of the Kabul River below, with which it runs parallel.[6]

It is a large part of the Afghan leg of the Grand Trunk Road.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Application of Road Numbering System National Highway", [1] Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine The Ministry of Public Works (October 16, 2015)
  2. ^ Gladstone, Cary (2001). Afghanistan Revisited. Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781590334218.
  3. ^ https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-document/61388/44482-01-afg-iee-02.pdf
  4. ^ "The Most Dangerous Road?"
  5. ^ "On Afghan Road, Scenes of Beauty and Death"
  6. ^ https://www.adventurebikerider.com/kabul-jalalabad-highway-afghanistan/

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