KHUMORGI, Tajikistan – Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon and Afghan officials ceremonially opened a new Tajik-Afghan bridge over the Panj River in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast August 16, Avesta.tj reported.
The bridge is the result of a trilateral agreement among Tajikistan, Afghansistan and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), Rakhmon’s press office said, according to Avesta.tj. It cost 12m TJS (US $2.3m) to build.
The 216m-long bridge will allow 70,000 people living on both ends to engage in trade. It is the fourth funded by the AKDN, according to the organisation.
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