周日，阿富汗正式开通了一条经由东北部巴达赫尚省的瓦罕走廊通往中国的公路。
Afghanistan on Sunday officially opened a road linking the country to China through the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Badakhshan province.
据Tolo News报道，这条全长121公里（75英里）的未铺装公路于两年前开始修建，最终将阿富汗与中国的新疆地区相连。
Construction of the 121-kilometer (75-mile) unpaved road began two years ago, according to Tolo News. The road connects Afghanistan to China’s Xinjiang region.
瓦罕走廊是巴达赫尚省境内的一条狭长地带，将塔吉克斯坦与巴基斯坦的吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦地区分隔开来。这条公路的建设耗资3.65亿阿富汗尼，约合550万美元。
The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of Afghan territory in Badakhshan province, separating Tajikistan from Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region. The road cost 365 million afghanis ($5.5 million) to build.
在通车仪式上，农村复兴与发展部部长阿卜杜勒·拉蒂夫·曼苏尔指出，这条公路对阿富汗具有战略、政治和经济上的重要意义。
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Abdul Latif Mansour said the road holds strategic, political and economic importance for Afghanistan.
他还表示，阿富汗政府“始终将此类公共项目列为重点，尤其是那些最急需发展的省份；参与建设的工程师和顾问均为阿富汗本国人员，没有任何外国专家参与”。
Kabul has “prioritized such public projects, especially in provinces that are most in need. There are no foreign engineers or advisers; all the engineers are Afghans,” he said.