Tera Pass

The road over the Tera pass connects Paktia and Logar provinces. It was recently paved during the reconstruction effort here in Afghanistan. It's pretty nice pavement and seemingly unscarred by IEDs, unlike the new highway between Kandahar and Kabul that is apparently just a mess, constantly bombed by the Taliban and company. The top of the pass is around 9000 ft. The traffic going over was pretty light. You'll notice that terrain looks bone dry. Despite this there are multiple springs dotting in this area-- fresh water just popping out of dry rocks.