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, bridging Kandahar in southern Afghanistan with Kabul and Kushka, the most southerly town of the Soviet Union on the 1,900-km border between the U.S.S.R. and Afghanistan. This highway facilitates the first motor passage through the Hindu Kush mountains to connect the northern towns of Afghanistan with the capital and the south.