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Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge opens

1982 CE · Afghanistan, Asia · Technology

Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge opens
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The Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge is a road–rail bridge across the Oxus River in Central Asia, connecting the town of Hairatan in Afghanistan with the town of Termez in Uzbekistan. It was built by the Soviet Union in the former Uzbek SSR and opened in 1982 as a military supply route during the Soviet–Afghan War.

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