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Even the dead must make way as construction transforms Afghanistan's capital

Municipal authorities in Kabul are demolishing homes, businesses, and a graveyard to expand streets, reviving road construction plans that stalled years ago under the previous government.
In the past four and a half years, Kabul municipality has built roughly 450 kilometers of roads, expropriating 11,278 properties, said Naimatullah Barakzai, the municipality's representative for cultural affairs.
Property owner Syed Murtaza Sadar had his home and business demolished two months ago, then authorities forced his family to tear down the remaining building themselves.
Abdul Wadood Alokozay said his grandfather's remains were moved from a 200-year-old graveyard to accommodate a new road slicing through the community.
Project manager Obaidullah Elham said construction employs 500 workers on a Turkish-designed $23 million flyover and underpass at the heavily congested Baraki intersection, 80% complete.

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