Asian Highway 7 (AH7) is a route in the Asian Highway Network. It runs from

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, Russia to Karachi, Pakistan. All together, it is long. It passes from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The AH7 shares its route between Merke (Kazakhstan) and

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(Kyrgyzstan) about a hundred kilometers along with the AH5. In Kabul (Afghanistan) AH7 stops, but reaches to the city of Kandahar though AH1, where the AH7 resumes its route towards Pakistan. According to the manual of the Asian Highway Project in 2002 almost the entire route is paved. Only a distance of 72 km in Kyrgyzstan and a piece of 83 kilometers in Tajikistan are unpaved. As of 2017, the entire route in Kyrgyzstan is paved. In Pakistan AH7 (N25 – Pakistan Road Networks) enters at Chaman. It passes through Qila Abdullah, Quetta, Mastung, Kalat, Khuzdar, Uthal, Goth Hussain and Hub, ending at Karachi. In Pakistan N25 is also called RCD (

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) Highway. Maintained by National Highway Athuroty

Associated Routes

Russia

– Chelyabinsk *: Chelyabinsk – Troitsk – border with Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

*: Karaek – Kostanai –

Astana Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...

– Karaganda – Burubaytal *: Burubaytal – Shu *: Shu – Merke * : Merke – Chaldovar

Kyrgyzstan

* ЭМ-03 Road: Chaldovar –

* ЭМ-04 Road:

– Osh * ЭМ-15 Road: Osh – Border of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

* Border with Kyrgyzstan – Andijon – Angren – Ohangaron * : Ohangaron –

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

* :

– Chinoz – Sirdaryo * : Sirdaryo – Xovos

Tajikistan

* РБ15 Road: Khavast – Zarafshon – Istaravshan * РБ01 Road : Istaravshan –

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

* РБ09 Road :

– Qizilqala – Bokhtar – Panji Poyon