(251011) -- DUSHANBE, Oct. 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A worker operates at the construction site of the second-phase section of the China-Tajikistan Highway near Kalai Khumb, Tajikistan, on Sept. 11, 2025. The China-Tajikistan Highway -- also known as the Pamir Highway -- was first built in the 1940s. Stretching more than 1,000 km from Dushanbe to Karasu on the China-Tajikistan border, it is vital for Tajikistan's transport and external links.
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