Peshawar-Kabul motorway

The Peshawar-Kabul motorway is a 265 km long proposed motorway connecting Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan with Kabul, Afghanistan via Jalalabad and Torkham.[1][2]

M–17 Motorway
Route information
Part of
Maintained by NHA
Length265 km (165 mi)
Major junctions
East endPeshawar
West endKabul (Afghanistan)
Location
Major citiesTorkham, Jalalabad, Surobi
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

It is expected to become a vital link to Afghanistan and Central Asia. It will be part of the Pakistan's Motorway Network. On March 4, 2015, the Pakistan government informed the National Assembly that a technical feasibility to construct the motorway was underway.[3][4] On 03 October 2019, Pakistan approves the 231 Million USA Dollars for Peshawar to Torkham section. The motorway would be divided into three parts, 50 km long Peshawar-Torkham, 76 km Torkham-Jalalabad and 139 km Jalalabad-Kabul.[5]

See also

References
  1. Pakistan to construct motorway from Peshawar to Kabul
  2. Meeting In Kabul: Peshawar-Jalalabad motorway on cards
  3. Construction of Peshawar to Kabul motorway under consideration: NA told Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Islamabad Plans To Build Peshawar-Kabul Motorway
  5. NHA Press Release


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