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 ...

Located in the heart of Afghanistan, the world’s longest ring road, Afghanistan's Highway One, or AO1, connects 16 of the country’s 34 provinces. As a result, two-thirds of the population ...