Better roads means better access to doctors
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Afghanistan has received $39.2m (£23.4m) from the World Bank to create 300,000 temporary jobs.
The much-needed jobs will supply a workforce to repair the country's badly damaged road network.
The project is expected to last a month and repair 2,000 kilometres of roads and 2,300 metres of bridges.
The Bank is releasing $18.8m as aid and $20.4m as an interest-free loan to fund the project.
Vulnerable groups such as returning refugees, displaced families and ex-fighters are in the most need of jobs in the short term.
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