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CONSTRUCTION SECOND TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE STARTS - 2003-01-28

Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
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Tuesday, 2003, January 28
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The construction of the second of five bridges to be built across the Panj river [to link Tajikistan and Afghanistan] has started in keeping with a tripartite agreement between the Tajik and Afghan governments and the Aga Khan foundation. The bridge is being built in [eastern Tajikistan's] Darvoz District's village of Ruzba.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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Construction of second Tajik-Afghan bridge starts - CONSTRUCTION SECOND TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE STARTS - 2003-01-28

Posted July 9th, 2009 by heritage
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search.ft.com BBC Monitoring Service

The construction of the second of five bridges to be built across the Panj river [to link Tajikistan and Afghanistan] has started in keeping with a tripartite agreement between the Tajik and Afghan governments and the Aga Khan foundation.
The bridge is being built in [eastern Tajikistan's] Darvoz District's village of Ruzba.

The deputy head of the Badakhshonroh [road building] company, Khushnazar Abdurahimov, told a Khovar correspondent that the workforce of the Badakhshonroh and Pomirgeologiya [Pomir geology] companies had started to level the area where the bridge would be built.

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