The Tajikistan-Afghanistan bridge spanning the

Panj River The Panj ( , ), traditionally known as the Ochus River, is a river in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is long and has a basin area of .

between Panji Poyon (or Nizhniy Pyandzh),

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

and

Sherkhan Bandar Sher Khan or Shir Khan (; , Uzbek: Sherxon-Bandar, شېرخان بندر) is a border town in the northern Kunduz Province of Afghanistan, next to the Panj River. The town's main attraction is the Sher Khan Bandar, which is a dry port and borde ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

was opened on 26 August 2007. The two-lane bridge is long and wide. It cost approximately $40 million, financed by the

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and was designed and constructed by Italian company Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A. The Tajik President

Emomali Rahmon Emomali Rahmon ( ; born 5 October 1952), born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmanov, is a Tajik politician who has served as the President of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan), Su ...

and Afghan President

Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014, including as the first president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004 to 2014. He previously served a ...

were joined by

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at the opening ceremony. Afghan-Tajik Bridge

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Road bridges in Afghanistan Bridges in Tajikistan Afghanistan–Tajikistan border crossings Bridges completed in 2007 2007 establishments in Afghanistan 2007 establishments in Tajikistan Amu Darya {{Afghanistan-bridge-struct-stub

See also

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