{
  "id": 19843475,
  "title": "Crossing Afghanistan along the 'highway of death'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/crossing-afghanistan-along-the-highway-of-death",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T16:47:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/revisited/20261113-crossing-afghanistan-along-the-highway-of-death"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Highway 1, or the Ring Road, connects Afghanistan's major cities. After September 11, 2001, it became a hotspot for crime and fighting, particularly between the capital Kabul and Kandahar, the Taliban's birthplace. People taking it had to navigate extortions, kidnappings and suicide bombings. What has become of the road after the US-led war and five years of Taliban rule? Our former Afghanistan…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}