Highway 1 or A01, formally called the Ring Road, is a 2,200 kilometer nationwide highway network circulating Afghanistan, connecting Kabul, Ghazni, Kandahar, Farah, Herat, and Mazar. It has extensions that also connect Jalalabad, Delaram, Islam Qala, and several other cities.
It is being refurbished with funds provided by the international community, mostly by the United States and Saudi Arabia while work has been done mostly by Turkish and local companies. India, Pakistan and Iran also contributed to some parts of the road network of Afghanistan. International Security Assistance Force is also building parts of it to modern standards.
It is part of AH1, the longest route of the Asian Highway Network.
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The A01 national highway, Jalalabad - Kabul, follows the Kabul River Gorge for 64 kilometres (40 mi). The two-lane Kabul Gorge highway runs along 600 meter-high cliffs. Fatal traffic accidents are a daily occurrence.[1]