The Asian Development Bank has supported the rehabilitation/construction of various sections of Afghanistan’s Ring Road. ADB’s Board of Directors has just considered a $US 176 million project to complete the last remaining section of the Ring Road.

Mr. Juan Miranda, ADB’s Director General of ADB’s Central and West Asia Regional Department has said: “The Ring Road is the backbone of Afghanistan’s transport network and its completion will be a major milestone in the international nation-building effort”.

Mr. Miranda will give a briefing on the project on Tuesday at 11:00 am at ADB’s Afghanistan Resident Mission.

You are invited to attend the event:

Date: 02 October 2007

Time: 1100 a.m.

Venue: ADB /Afghanistan Resident Mission

House # 126, Haji Yaqub Square, Street 2, Shahre-e-Naw Kabul

Please confirm your attendance at this briefing before 3:00 pm on Monday, 01 October 2007 by providing Name, E-mail, and Phone Contact to:

Mohammad Ishaque Sarwari

Email: misarwari@adb.org

TEL: 0093 (0) 778 899 834,

Or

Sayed Amin –

Email: samin@adb.org

TEL: 093 (0) 799 624 286