The development work on the Abrisham Crossing Road at the border between Afghanistan and Iran in Nimroz province has  been started by the Directorate of Public Works of this province at a cost of 60 million afghani.

Officials say that daily, hundreds of freight and passenger vehicles commute between Afghanistan and Iran via this road.

According to the officials, the Abrisham Road, which connects Afghanistan to Iran through the Abrisham Crossing, is being constructed as a two-way road.

“The road is 2 kilometers long, approximately 7 meters wide, up to the Commissioner's office. In this project, we have a bridge that covers an area of about 20 meters and is 7 meters wide,” said Jan Mohammad Badri, the head of Public Works in Nimroz.

“With the completion of this project, our traders will be able to easily conduct their business through the Abrisham Bridge, and in the future they will not face traffic problems,” said Mohammad Qasim Khalid, the governor of Nimroz.

Drivers of this route also say that due to the congestion of vehicles and passengers, they wait for hours to get from the  Abrisham Crossing to the Nimroz customs, which is 2 kilometers away.

“The problem is with the road; it's worn down. We are stopped on the road for four to five hours from the 2 kilometers of Abrisham Crossing to customs,” said Rahmatullah, a driver.

“There was a time when vehicles had to wait in line for one to two hours for the road to clear. This road needs to be fixed so that passengers can go smoothly and the road becomes less crowded,” said Talajan, another driver.

Officials said that due to the narrow width of the road, it does not have the capacity to accommodate the daily traffic of all these passengers and vehicles.

“I hope that with the realization of this project, better facilities will be provided for transit vehicles and taxis, and it will yield good results,” said Mohammad Hashem Hanzala, the commissioner of Abrisham Crossing. 

According to officials, around 300 transit vehicles, nearly 200 taxis from Afghanistan and Iran, hundreds of legal passengers, close to 3,000 cross-border passengers, hundreds of employees, and government vehicles commute through this route daily.