The Salang Highway is opened, linking Kandahar in south Afghanistan and Kabul with Kushka, the southernmost town of the Soviet Union on the 1,900-km border between the U.S.S.R. and Afghanistan. This highway provides the first motor access through the mountains of the Hindu Kush to connect the northern towns of Afghanistan with the capital and the south.
The Salang Highway is opened, creating a vital link between Kandahar in southern Afghanistan and Kabul, as well as Kushka, the most southerly town of the Soviet Union on the 1,900-km border between the two countries. This highway enables motor traffic to pass through the Hindu Kush mountains and connect northern Afghan towns with the capital and the south.