Kandahar International Airport was originally built in the early 1960s by the United States for a cost of about 15 million U.S. dollars. The airfield itself was completed in 1962 by an American company known as Morrison–Knudsen, which was contracted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Kandahar International Airport's construction was initiated in the early 1960s by the United States and funded by USAID. It involved a US firm, Morrison–Knudsen, which completed the airfield in 1962.