ROAD REPORTS

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• Publication Date: January 11, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY `25) ,ART
INFORMATION REPORT CD NU.
Road Reports
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oo a at the rollaxing road
a, Road from Salami so h to Quin over done
Road from Qain south to Zabul
o, Road East from Tehran to Meahod4
d, Road from Soltaz-.Abad north. into Meshad$
d from Tehran via Kara4 and Chalua to Guargsnj and
Road fraaa Shahi via Firuzkuh to Tehrast.
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23 October' 1943
Road from SHAHI via RIRUZKUE to TEHERAN
Leave SIARI. Go south. Follow alon; railroad to Teheraan.
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41 mi.
5.1 mi.
5.8 mi.
7.6 mi.
9.7 mi.
10.8 mi.
11.2 fni.
11.3 mi.
11.7 mi.
11.9 mi.
12.1 mi.
12.4 mi.
13.1 mi.
14.1 mi.
15.0 mi.
16.6 mi.
16.3 mi.
17.3 mi.
17.7 mi.
18.0 mi.
19.3 mi.
19.4 mi.
19.6 mi.
20.4 mi.
22.0 mi.
23.6 mi.
27.4 mi.
27.5 mi.
28.4 mi.
30.8 mi.
31.0 mi.
31.3 nil.
33.6 mi.
ace
It is a wide dirt road with gravel. the sur
little rough. One set of telephone pole::. 'role plain
has been rising gently since ShARI.
From Shahi. Going Into foothills. Cliffs to right(west
`frees
t
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er.
Railroad to east. Stream bed to west '.ith wa
Railroad grade crossing. Very winding
Steel bridge and railroad bridge of concrete,
valley.
Large 2 arch concrete railroad Urid7e. Small)
road bridge .
W
oad
4 arch "Marco Polo" bridge. Old.
One railroad bridge - one car bridge.
Railroad grade crossing.
Bridge
One arch railroad bridge
Town
R.R. bridge and car
R.R. grade crossing.
R.R. station
bridge .
Large K.R. bride - 2
Open frame .
Bid factory to
concrete
rough.
west.
arches. Steel and concrete.
Entering Gorge. Climbing. reinforce
rectangles of concrete and stone.
One arch bridge. R.R. is to west of
to east.
Steel h.~. bridge.
Small bridge.
Br id e
Good to blow
steep banks oy
river, car road
R.R. steel bridge with concrete cribing. One
R.R. steel bridge. Good to blow up.
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
0 arch R R uridE- e .
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ne .
R.R. concrete ;ridge with steel span. One axch.
Town. Bridge across stream to power plant. dice
rch steel and concrete n.R. bridge .
a
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terraces.
ne
6 arch steel and concrete R.R. bridge. 15 feet high.
R .R . culvert
Towh
Bridge . R.R. station. R.R. sidin with 5 tracks .
R.R. grade crossing. R.R. engine houses with 5 loco
motives .
Small bridge. Rice
34.0 mi. South of Shahi - S
8 'i Bridge. Village
6
terraces.
curves.
3
. ~r t concrete R.R. Bridge.
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38.2 mi. R.R. tunnel ..oes under the car road.
39.6 mi. 5 arch ttone R.R. bridge to west of road.
41.1 mi. River joins main stream.
42.5 mi. R.R. tunnel above road to west.
43.3 mi. Country becoming arid. Rice terracing.
44.4 mi . R . R . tunnel
44.3 mi. Bridge. Villa,, e. Cliffs.
45.3 mi. R.R. bridge
46.0 mi. Village. R.R. .ouse. Grade crossing. R.R. Qe8 into
tunnel to east. Long R.c. oridge of cut atone crosses
car road and stream.
47.9 mi. One arch stone bridge.
48.1 mi. R.R. bridge high up the mountain to west.
49.1 mi. 6 span A.H. viaduct of stone about 100 feet above car
road to west.
49.2 mi. S curves
50.1 mi. R.R. station on other side of gorge.
50.4 mi. bugle high R.R. bridge to east. 400 feet above. Road
bridge also.
R.R. bride with 1 main arch and 3 side arches on each
side crosses over road.
50.7 mi. Car bridge. 2 other R.R. bridges visible from the road
high up on the mountain. Swiss mountain railroad
building with loops, tunnels and bridges.
51.2 mi. R.R. has 3 tracks - one above the other.
Top bridge has 7 spans.
Middle track has 3 spans
Bottom track has no spans.
51.5 mi. R.h. has 3 tracks - one above the other.
Top has 4 span bridge
Middle has 1 span bridge
Bottom has 1 span briage
51.6 mi. R.R. has 3 tracks - one above the other
Top has 7 arch bridge and enters a tunnel
Middle has 3 arch bridge and come out of above tunnel
Bottom has 2 arch briage
52.8 mi. Road bridge
52.9 mi. 5 arch n.r,. bridge crosses over car road. R.R. track
passes under road into mountain across
and road.
thee
and comes out of tunnel to cross over to east.
53.7 mi. 7 arch h.x. bridge high up
55.7 mi. Road bridge.
56.0 mi. Cut stone R.R. bridge over road. R.R. then enters
tunnel to east. Road winds under R.R. bridge.
57.0 mi. Top of pass over mountains.
58.1 mi. Tunnel for ".h. Miserable village.
58.3 mi. R.R. station with 4 tracks. Road. goes straight.
64.0 mi. Straight road ends.
66.1 mi. Road to SE?MA~ goes east. Crosses R.R. track. R.R.
also goes to Teheran via Semnan. Meets the Meshed-
Teheran railroad and highway.
Our road goes west. i
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69.7 mi.
70.5 mi.
76.7 mi.
77.2 mi.
77.4 mi.
77.9 mi.
78.7 mi.
78.9 mi.
86.2 mi.
86.5 mi.
89.0 mi.
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92.2 mi .
93.1 mi.
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100.3 mi.
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111.0 mi.
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125.0 mi.
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128.4 mi.
131.9 mi.
132.1 mi.
133.2 mi.
135.0 mi.
137.3. ml.
137.9 mi.
140.0 mi.
145.1 mi.
145.2 mi.
Bridge
Bridge. Climbing
9 arch bridge. 300 feet long. Tunnel to norti_.
turns for road.
Bridge
Tunnel for alternate road
Cross alternate road for donkeys.
Small brio,e . ti turns. Steep climb.
Small village t north
Down grade
Up and then down.
hair pin t-t;rn, cross stream, a,-other snare turn.
Barren hills. 'ielep}one poles.
r3rid._;e. Foplar trees
Little bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Still climbing - steep.
Pass
'ater pool with trees in dip of hills
Another pass
Village with trees
oasis villae
Bridge
Village. Trees. Extensive settlement
Bridge
Villa e . Cultivation
Village and trees. Otherwise c,arren country.
Bridge. :,ad curves
Small villa_,e
Road to north goes to AbAli. Gendarmerie. Oiur road
goes west.
Steep upgrade.
Pass b curves
Still a dirt and gravel road. 2 cars wide. Surface
good.
Top of pass
Big high bridge.
Bridge
Green slope and trees to south.
Stone bridge. Village. 2
Tea house
Village
Tea house. Down grade
Village
sets of telephone doles
15 foot bridge. Another Village
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1I'mo`:?' halli to Teheran
146 . t' mi . O lc. cement bridge.
14 .4 mi. Another road to north skirtin hill. steep' climb.
145.3 mi. Top of pass
1::'.7 rni. Lot of poplar trees. Estate to south.
1'b,3. 2 mi . teanat water wells
1b 3.,14 mi. Hnoth.er road joins main roan.
loo.J mi. 2 brid`;es.- small. Ooin" down .trade. Road winds.
1, a.0 mi. Asphalt begins. Outskirts of Teheran.
16 v.1 mni. Traffic circle. boulevard. TEHERAN
Driving time: b hours
Traffic ;oin, opposite direction during 5 hours:
32 trucks, 2 busses, 11 cars
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Road East from Tehran to Meshed Prief summery
Leaving Tehran and going on road to moist. '!load -ravel all the wa'T.
9 klm 'rom Teher :Ln - on the hill to the south there is coo >er sine .
92 klm Salt Canjon
94 klm n)essert of gravel begins.
106 klm Karand B.P.. Gasoline wrnmp
223 klm Semnan i.'. ri 'r
344 klm Dam han it if
1;26 lm ''. 3,,all hotel.
Time - 31 hours. P,aiiroai runs along bich ;hr:-a;;, to
No highway markers or kilometer stones on this.rokici.
From hero the road is gravel, the desert i_s also - a rel.
Water wells seen occasionally. There were si=ns n
an oil to the south. The road is v_:ry veil
maintained . (2 trucks
,ride) .
560 'klm Abbas Abad aooline oumo. :: >.rt t rt ;..k,o
vratcr or -as. Only och^ ? onal his i Uhc
Dashte iiavir. Along this stretc i l,he, a,'e ;rant' J'zndlts ;ad
travel on camels. , T'1ey come do-nn from ~,e zol~rta~in
(Elbury) to the north, i i_ci the road and -rilla,-esl and hen
d_isapoear into the desert to the sot. Tn SeDt. 1,30, i
20 Cx:ndarmes caunht a few of these bandits and so.e c.armels.
682 klm Cultivation starts again. li'inaret of Klosnav
is a tower of an ancient city. St' ;1 a ravel road.
633 kim Sabzevac - ,,,nd of desert a 3oline 7!11.1 .
732 kim A fine .-ravel road branches north to ~ouchan. riio
villages 3oltan Abad. This road is also used to L"o to
cshed.- entering from the Nortn. .fleshed is 212 k1m. From
Soltan Abad on this northern ,%ay.
312 klm Meshed - drivin., time Teheran-~'Jashed - 19 hours.
From 3oltan Abad to eshed over the southern route is
231 klm. k bit lon,er than the northern route. he
)il Trims take (busses) the southern route oing t~ Teheran. I
On ..?,ent. 30 - Oct. 1, 19149 the road is ~sorse, ue~to the
month of oilgrana-~e. and the hundreds of buses. (~r sh'ooai d rb ads)
:toad Gast of Meshed toward 3araks - Sect. 1, 1949. The road ,goes due e act.
It is a cod -ravel road, ~'or 2 trucks z;ide, in f;o i ,e.-)air'!.
One can ao L5 to 50 miles per hour. There are a few
villages of Berberis near leshed. After 30 miles! east of
ieshed the county is uninhabited. There is lots of game.
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The road starts climbing 60 miles from Meshed. It ha7s about
3 curves in rood condition. 64 miles from Meshed is
the mountain pass -.which commands a view of the entire
country in-the direction of meshed, and a large flat Valley
to the North East beyond which is another range of mountains
on the other side of which lies :2ussia.
At 68 miles from Meshed the improved road ends, the read is
under construction and has many detours and by p assesiover
rough terrain.
At 75 miles from Meshed the trail to the left goes no'thward
to the village of Bizangar and the road ends there. The
village of Bizangar is completely issolated, no other habitation
being located within a 20 mile radius.
From 3izan ar there is a hprse trail which goes ca. s;x miles
north east to the cave of Bizangar near the top of the mountain
from which you can look across the tope of the next range of
mountains and see the fertile strip of foothills of R.issian
territory beyond which the Turkoman desert of sand dues
is visible.
Road South From Meshed to Turbat-i-Haidari September 4, 19149
Leaving Meshed by the Southern road 2.5 klm - 3 arch brick
bridge, not very bi. The road is of gravel and dirt 2
trucks aside, in fair condition. Wa.hboard effect. There
are lots of road workers along this road, and the roads is
well maintained.
3.2 klm one road goes straight ahead, one road goes to the left.
'.7 klm Police check all bus
es
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rod has improved and is very :,,,ell maintained.
- oo i,T.i control. ~-lso ta'~e down
the car's 2iscer~ce number.
klm Cut sbne -::ash 200 ,eters long.
klm d Slight climb to 10.14 klm. 2 telephone lines. The
13.3 klm Mosque on the E.
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21 klm A flat plain on either side. Very barren. There; is a
donkey trail which runs parallel to the road on thew0t side
at at a lower level.
23.5 klm Dirt wash.
27.8 klm Village of about 100 houses.
33 klm Road workers all along the route.
38 k1m Town 3/14 mile to the east with old dome and tower';.
39 klm A fork in the road. One road goes to the west. 9 new
railroad is being constructed to the west of this. A pne
arch bridge for th
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to the Afghanistan border. There is an opium control p'Ics t
here.
40 klm 2 &rch cut stone bridge. The road surface is roug~,
2 trucks wide.
45 klm Low rolling hills, a gradual climb.
51.9 klm A low pass.
55 klm A village 1 mile to the we..st- an oasis -,%'ith trees.;
55.8 klm Road block by u nlarmerie for onium control.
57.7 klm Cut stone wash. Red soil to west.
6G.L1 klm Cut stone wash.
65 klm Village 200 yards to west, about 50 houses. Also'
another small village to west with fruit trees.
68.7 1 arch bridge of cut stones. S curves. 1 windmill.
71,8 klm The roadforks. One road goes to the south. The other
road goes to Nishabar. A village of 250 - 300 houses to
west with 3 windmills.
Kilometers - Meshed to Turbat-i-Haidari Sept. 4, 1919
The road now roes straight south. There are 2 .elephor lines
along this road. The road climbs steadily.
79.3 klm from Meshed - Crept of climb. The country is very dry.
Camel caravans seen frequently.
30 klm Villa~!e 1 mile to west, another villa e 2 miles to
west. The road surface is rough. 2 hours from t.Ieshed. It.
can be done in 2 hours.
32.1 klm. Fieldstone wash.
33.1 klr. Fieldstone wash.
83.3 klm Hill town 200 yards to east with a windmill on tong
of the hill. (Simcox has a picture of this). 50 houses.
83.7 kim Another section of the saie village. ca. J0 houses.
87.7 klm Ford stream - 2 sets of telephone poles.
88.1 klm Ford stream
90.0 klm in hill country. Very barren badlands. The road is
washboardy.
96.6 klm Road goes through one small village of 30 houses. There
is another village of 150 houses on a little hill to the
west a mile.
96.9 klm Cut stone wash.
97.8 klm Tea house. Stream flows alongside the road.
98.6 klm Cut stone wash.
99.0 kim Entering a narrow canyon. Good for` defense.
99.8 klm Canyon ends.
100.5 kim Ford stream.
104:4 klm Water tower and terraced agriculture.
105.0 klm Gendarmerie and tea house.
106.E klm Pass. S. turns. Steep down grade.
111.6 klm Grade smooths out
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1.14.0 kim Road levels off. Now it is flat and s
valley, though barren, is less oa.rc:ied, There `ista line
of trees.
116.5 klm Villa ,e of 50 houses. 2 telephone lines. The road
crosses a flat plain. It is a good straight road. One can
drive 70 klm per hour over it.
119.0 ?lou,7hed fields. mountain range ahead. The higneot is to
the south west. Other mountain range to north.
126.0 kim V.illa_e of 40 houses - 250 yards to west.
128.0 klm Villa-e of 60 houses 150 feet to west.
Kilometers - Meshed to 'fu bat-i iaidari Sept. 4, 1949
133.9 klm from Lieshed. La-c,-,e cut stone bridge. Road good.!
34. kim 'Wash. Rog 1 starts climbing.
Villa?e to west.
135.6 k]r^ ash.
135.7 klm Oend_:rnierie, tea house, 3 houses.
136.0 klm Road leaves valley, entering foot hills.
133.0 klm Villaj-e of 63-70 houses - 1 mile to east. Green area.
140.6 klm Steep rade. S curves.
?4 klm Pass. ;toe-) ;race down. Road winds among the
rocky
lu3.l klm ?' ash.
l L 3. kim Road has an easy grade down.
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=L45. ? Ulu ndarn,erie ;:pith a 'avf houses.
146.1 kim ','[ash of cut stcne. Some agriculture.
1147.3 kklm Road climbs again,
143.7 klm Villa-,e of 70 - 30 houses - 100 yards to east. 3trear,
steep grades. zs,
152.1 Kra Too of Pass.
153.5 kim Steep grades.
154.3 klm Ford stream. Down hill.
156.1 klm Dry :vsh.
158.9 klm Another plain with orchards to west.
160.0 kim Small village to east. The road is good - flat and
smooth. The road winds. The terrain is not so level'
167.0 k1m Entering cultivated area. Orchards to east. Road
very good.
163.!4 klm Road poor. Orchards on both sides of road. Village
hidden by trees.
170.0 klm Terraced agriculture.
170.7 Kai Stone -.,;ash dry.
y. Orchards dying. Village on both sides.
172.3 klm Traffic circle. Turbat-i-Haidari.
Mosque, !1 hours from Meshed. Gasoline purchased i in t tn ti~C circle.
A terrible town - full of lazy- iff
shiftless opium addictsi.
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In five hours time we saw 1 car, 7 trucks, and 7 })uses
Kilometers - Road going east from 'Darbat-i-flaidari to Salami.- e-,t .5j19L 9'
Going south on the main road from Turbat-i-Iiaijari_ to haen
for 2 klm. Then turn east off the main road on to all S.irt
country road. Ford a jube.
9 klm from Turbat-i Ilaidari on the country road. Take 1:~ ~t
fork. Farmlands and orchards end.
10:3 kim Old dry river 'bed. Foothills to north. Occas..On,
villages to south with dried up fields. Some cotton! -"ields.
11i.;3 kim The country is fast ':ecomin,gg desert on the north side.
15.7 kim This is a ;Mood area for a landing* field. There are no
big boulders, few gullies. It is a ,aide plain. The ground
is semi--ravel.
23.7 kim To the north is a very good stretch or a landir ; fief
24.0 klm A village of 300 houses.
23.0 klm River bed dry.
29.4 klm This road joins the main road from Turbat-i-Hai,ari
to $haf. This main road has a telephone line and islriuch
better. There is agriculture but, evervLhin;? is exi,riemely
dry due to the 7 year dreut:h. Cotton is grown here.
34.'3 klm Walled village. Ford 2 streams. Desert on both! si_:les.
"i:iarco Polo" type brid;-re of brick - 3 pointed arches.)
20 klm per hour sneed.
140.3 klm Lar,-,;e villa-;e of San -an, Took 2 hours from Turbt-i-
hai aari - the road was so bad.
69.0 kim ushkhar - over a-ceful :desert road. Took 3 hours from
Turbat-i-Hai_iar:i- 25 klm per hour. Ton has a _overn .- and a
neat small unstaffed hospital.
70.2 klm Dry v~ash. Rad hole in the road.
70.3 kim A village to the south'; 'desert and cow hills to north.
1 single telephone line. 3 foot wall enclosing- an or6hard
to south. Dirt and ;ravel road. Ver,, poor. Lo Ls of washes.
73.3 klm Villa;7e to north - Road is in a dry river bed.
74.0 klm 13ad wash.
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Village to, the sout1. ,
Dastie - cotton iic]dq to
Village
Village to south. j''ields
Village
klm Fad wash. Short stretches of washed ro 1. L, rLn4 lis_?
too poor-too many .hanut hales. It is rough though
could not land except in cgrtain spots,
kim 2 villages to the ngrh - one a mile disttrt?
klrn frurn flzrbat-i-Haidar,i- Big
klm Village to the north.
klrr, Large tirilla;~e .
klm Desert to north is very
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good for landing. Mount4ins
Road very bumpy.
south,
of millet to the north
Try wash. Terrible road. To the south i
. ,ood Lat
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country for parachute drops,, like the Atlas .,,,ountains in Africa.
kin Village T-o the soatl1. le ;ons grown here.
klm V1 _la`;e . dud brl :. 1~rrd;e .
m 1 arch briare. ~Tilla ' mill to :youth.
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klm e- o'r '.u ed sj lanai holes
k. r'T'. grossin r dry river 3~~ ,rl J feet 'ride
ro is of ~,
klm 'ianat holq s t tiallsd 4rillca;
kip . ora l lca, on entrance a lat ':u.rren land si r, cith r
*.. _~,. t1 ~. _
)lo~aedi fields tc~ y("uth*
klrr ~ _; :no ter'~r 3 story .'si i1Jin.~ to the north
by the Russians ? n ,,)rld : a IT. He owns Trost o,-~ the ; "
in .]astern as
12 sirrallvill~rs ~~12? -g ~~..~~ iof _srea~ 1-i~,~luyrl he o~vn _
N and 3 big ;villa=;es. these include J larri.
His a rent in Salami is 'u1--Tied Ali Akharan. 3hor_:shi is
his own body ==uar 1 for the,s- e s tatea s- they nuinbdr 30
:=~r rued
memen aa. pnsny the,g wear British Irldian lrmu T'niforms, ,. They ' re Baluchi$
`~ sa ors s, 3 Jeeas, 3 tractors. 'is village o
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han s in 3 j0 ;ohs of rain per ear
Hohanined 'ror sh is allay wealt hy lando-;rnar, the rich est
man in IShora san. . v i in :. ed, li Uia i taken : l ionE r
road and only occasion ails o trucl; rvel this. road
Popalation of 3aLami - 1,00?
l~?_m. slam - 'y*la;e ant 5 hov's from
'Terrible road. 20-2, :lrz cr zour. be uuses o ova r th s
load ast from ^irj r.3 to Iiindev,-;lrn near the Afhanistan 9o der.
Curve ''4 it ;and en lriain road. from 'air jand to 14eshed.
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2.. '-LIT! on thii main road'' ;t ,ke
a :.,irt ^o a on iour i
i,,-:it
1.7 klm 'or. Climb. ? ss v;11: ~::. I_
ct r u~. lie rn f '
rim
c av
l 2 t
,
e
rucks aide
,.
23.7 du mb . nds. -toad oas northward
.
2 .C' e Villa-e. tor..d turns s: ;t. rro.r.
1;2.2 toad to iouth ,goes to Sa,ccha. Our roal ,)C;, S 3t.rai It
at.
~o. doad narro-,as to L.
) 9.2 Gait water.
2. - o0, forks (both meet a a in) toad ;Toes i r. a dry r ivez}
55.2 ?oadforks. Our road oes to the ri;_ht. Tie 1 ft roa:li
-oes to tiros ,ii an. toad leavss riper
55r7.5 Road along aalateau.
60.6 Villa e of asrnie. Good for oarachurte dro*~.
'F . a '2r r,ee - a Ii;- villa .pith 7 sources. oor
stretch of road for ' klm. Then road is att: r. The road
slopes down a srnooth~,lai;_ ar, =rhich .is naur ai >r and e _e tent
L' ,_ aarachute drops.
3.9 7illa e of Nurab. This is a Sunni v illa-e . L",-.e n the tr
"oes o,' r the le-ert northward to Hindevalrri.
T
9.7 mere is no road from Nab to T Linde: valrri rode r 1r n is
also Sunni . o trip from Pir Jand to ai ^aer~ ~,lrn took .~o
hours. Ve sassed 'a ;,rucks ,oin.- the oooosit3 Jirectio
during; those two hours.
Road from Ghaen to Tur.~at-i-Haidari. clout'., to ;forth
Loave ~Gn_n uy main road ;ointr north.
0.2 Cut stone ash.
0.6 Road to west. gain road i3 wash'Uoar-ay.
1.6 Shallow +vash,
2.6 Dee J 'iJash ?i ~,
? v.- bed to re t. load leaf, ,s "lst )lain "or
broken terrain. The terrain rises and is Ball of Nits and
cracks.
5.0 Road begins to climb.
S.5 Road flattens out.
6.l.! Big wash
7. linz"r
hills with 'allies.
~.6 Poo of sli?;ht climb.
9.0 River bed. Road of dirt and -ravel. Fair. 'toad climes.
Road ets -,%rorse.
10.8 Top of climb. "glary washes. 3urface of Main to the east
looks rough.
15.0 1o rade.
15. lash
15.7 'r'ash. viilar,-e 1 mile to east. foot hills to ,)reek.
?lain to east. 2 small villa-es about mile and 1/3 ni 1e
to east. ti
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23.
Vroee river ,6d
Load. ;Mace y iooL1U.i. 'lood.
24
d
. roa
?o::s of - tt
o cas a :rocs the Alain.
26. To-.?,n to the e ct. tree S. r:.)es look
3 ze to 7 71-01 ,r,s drouth.
2(.Y
26.9
2y.2
23.7
31.0'
32.21
'.Tach
IY-ish
Vills;e 200 yards to west
':gentle up :r..ae.
de.
l~rs.Si7
32.9 ?lash
34.11 2 ., ches
lain to the east is smooth with small stones.
35.2 Wash
36.E ?.sh of a rivor
31,0; t.
e n.? acme ry
;catch tov r. Hi