The U.S. spent billions building roads in Afghanistan. Now many of them are beyond repair.

KABUL — Thirteen years ago the United States called the reconstruction of the Kabul-Kandahar highway “the most visible sign” of efforts to rebuild Afghanistan. But today, that stretch of road is no longer a sign of progress. Instead, littered with bomb craters and insurgent checkpoints, it’s now “beyond repair,” according to an Afghan official, and […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/10/30/the-u-s-spent-billions-building-roads-in-afghanistan-now-many-of-them-are-beyond-repair/