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.

The culmination of all the efforts along the road came with "Highway 1 Day" on Feb. 14. Abdol Qadim Paktiyal, deputy provincial governor of Kandahar Province, and representatives of the Afghan ...

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 ...