But the Afghan commander doesn't budge. The Americans search the area themselves. Hidden in the grass they find two rocket-propelled grenades. Highway 1 is more than just a dusty asphalt road.

Along the highway, we pass one of the U.S. military’s most expensive efforts in Afghanistan to produce economic growth and improve the lives of ordinary Afghans. It, too, failed. At a former U.S ...

buses and highly-decorated trucks travel Afghanistan's Highway 1, the ring road that connects the country's largest and most populated cities. The 300-mile stretch of road between Kabul and ...

The vehicles were clearly part of the dozens of convoys that travel along Highway 1 daily to supply the international coalition and Afghan economy. These convoys are a favorite target of the ...

Everyday Afghans see sophisticated conspiracies behind the recent spate of attacks on Highway One. Khalid Pashtun, a member of the Afghan parliament from Kandahar, blames "elements working for ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill visited the highway project yesterday during a one-day trip to Afghanistan to review the country's use of international financial aid. In an interview with RFE ...

Both bridges are on Highway 1, which connects Kandahar in southern Afghanistan to the Afghan capital of Kabul. Highway 1 is a paved route originally built in the 1960s. The 300-mile stretch that ...

Afghanistan has been mostly ... only to be destroyed and worn down afterward. One construction company has been trying to repave parts of the highway for years. Vehicles veer into opposing lanes ...

The U.N. has warned that up to one million Afghan children could be at risk of dying from starvation in the coming months. Around 80% of Afghans depend on agriculture for survival. This year’s ...

Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan have killed a combined total of 50 people and injured 76, a government spokesman said Thursday. One was a collision between a passenger bus and an ...