The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the construction of the Wakhan corridor road in Badakhshan has started and once complete will have a huge impact on Afghanistan’s economy.

The planned road will directly link Afghanistan with China through the narrow strip of land separating the two countries.

Mujahid said that the leadership of the IEA has taken important steps in the direction of developing the country’s economic relations and is trying to create different transit routes.

According to him, with the construction of this road, Afghanistan’s trade relations will expand. The Wakhan Corridor is 350 km long and 8 to 40 km wide and is located in the northeast of Afghanistan, this corridor is connected to China from the east, Tajikistan from the north, and Pakistan from the south.“The area of the Wakhan road to the Chinese border is 60 km. Currently, the machinery of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Public Works is there and they are being used,” he said.

Meanwhile, officials at the Chamber of Commerce and Investment have asked the IEA to complete the construction of the Wakhan road in Badakhshan as soon as possible so that Afghanistan no longer needs to depend on Pakistan’s transit routes for trade purposes.

“We request the elders of the Islamic Emirate to open the Wakhan port as soon as possible because our trade is 80 to 90 percent with China,” said a member of ACCI.(20231129)