- Assets
- 198of 199 records
- Top-100 mean
- 14.20of 25
- Scoring a full 25
- 0
- Leading group
- 27%Transport
Where the top 100 are76 located
A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.
The shape of the register
How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.
Signature
Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.
Transport
Social
Energy
Resource
Communications & Digital
Water, Sanitation & Waste
Agriculture & Food
Financial
Advanced Manufacturing
Space, Aerospace & Defence
22.4%
21.8%
14.1%
9.7%
9.0%
6.8%
5.1%
4.7%
3.7%
2.7%
Assets by capability group
Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.
Score distribution
The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.
Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.
Not yet or no longer operating: 12 under construction, 3 damaged or idle, 7 planned, 5 inactive, 1 decommissioned.
National top 100
Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.
| # | Asset | Flow | Reach | Centrality | Substitutability | Throughput | Score | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring Road (Highway 1)Transport · Roads & Bridges · Nationwide circuit | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | high |
| 2 | Da Afghanistan Bank HeadquartersFinancial · Currency & Reserves · Kabul | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | high |
| 3 | NEPS 220 kV Uzbekistan-Kabul Transmission LineEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Hairatan to Kabul | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | medium |
| 4 | Salang TunnelTransport · Roads & Bridges · Hindu Kush, Parwan-Baghlan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | high |
| 5 | Kabul International AirportTransport · Air Infrastructure · Kabul | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | high |
| 6 | Hairatan Border Crossing and Dry PortTransport · Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure · Balkh, Uzbekistan border | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | high |
| 7 | Afghan Telecom National Fibre Optic RingCommunications & Digital · Core & Backbone Networks · Nationwide ring | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | medium |
| 8 | Torkham Border Crossingdamaged or idleTransport · Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure · Nangarhar, Pakistan border | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | high |
| 9 | Chimtala SubstationEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Kabul Province | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | medium |
| 10 | Kabul Water Supply System (Logar Aquifer Scheme)Water, Sanitation & Waste · Water Supply & Treatment · Kabul | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | low |
| 11 | Islam Qala Border CrossingTransport · Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure · Herat, Iran border | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | high |
| 12 | Torkham Cross-Border Fibre Optic LinkCommunications & Digital · Subsea Cables & International Gateways · Torkham | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | medium |
| 13 | Kabul-Jalalabad HighwayTransport · Roads & Bridges · Kabul to Nangarhar | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | high |
| 14 | DABS National Load Dispatch CentreEnergy · System Control & Dispatch · Kabul | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | medium |
| 15 | Kajaki Dam and Hydropower PlantEnergy · Hydropower · Helmand Province | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | high |
| 16 | Sangtuda to Pul-e-Khumri 220 kV Transmission LineEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Pul-e-Khumri | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | medium |
| 17 | Afghanistan International BankFinancial · Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions · Kabul | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | high |
| 18 | Chaman-Spin Boldak Border Crossingdamaged or idleTransport · Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure · Kandahar, Pakistan border | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | high |
| 19 | Afghanistan Payment Systems National SwitchFinancial · Payments & Settlement Systems · Kabul | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | medium |
| 20 | Hairatan-Mazar-i-Sharif RailwayTransport · Rail Infrastructure · Balkh Province | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | high |
| 21 | Qosh Tepa Canalunder constructionAgriculture & Food · Irrigation & Agricultural Water · Balkh, Jowzjan and Faryab | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | high |
| 22 | Afghanistan Central Civil Registration AuthorityCommunications & Digital · Data Resources · Kabul | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | medium |
| 23 | TAPI Pipeline Afghanistan Sectionunder constructionResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Herat Farah Helmand Kandahar corridor | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | medium |
| 24 | Bagram AirfieldSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Military Bases & Installations · Parwan Province | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | high |
| 25 | Naghlu Hydropower PlantEnergy · Hydropower · Surobi, Kabul Province | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | high |