Conflict● Elevated22m ago · Nov 13, 2026, 1:01 PM
Crossing Afghanistan along the "road of death"
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [fr] · France · South Asia
In Afghanistan, Highway 1, which connects the country's main cities, had become a hotbed of banditry and fighting since September 11, 2001, particularly between Kabul and Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban. One then had to navigate between extortions, kidnappings and suicide attacks.
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