Some residents of the 17th district of Kabul have once again complained about the slow pace of construction work on the Khair Khana Pass Road.

They are urging the Kabul Municipality to speed up the construction of this road.

Nisar Ahmad, a resident of Khair Khana, said: "People have been unable to go to work or make a living; neither cart-pushers nor shopkeepers can earn a livelihood. Our request to the government is to oversee this work so that it is carried out seriously."

Abdul Samad, another resident of Khair Khana, said: "Especially on Fridays and Thursdays, people are stuck in traffic for hours. People have sick ones, and there are a lot of problems. If they had contracted it for a month, they should finish it in 20 days."

However, the Kabul Municipality said that the work on this road is progressing normally and will be completed within the scheduled time.

Nematullah Barakzai, a representative of the Kabul Municipality, said: "Currently, according to the existing rules and the contract, the work is progressing. The engineers of Kabul Municipality oversee the work daily. God willing, I repeat, it will be inaugurated on the 8th or 10th month of the new year."

The construction work on the second phase of the Khair Khana Pass Road began nearly four months ago in the presence of Islamic Emirate officials.