question: Ghaznī, also historically known as Ghaznīn, or Ghazna, is a city in Afghanistan with a population of nearly 150,000 people, it is linked by which 2,200 kilometre two-lane road network circulating inside Afghanistan, connecting the following major cities (clockwise): Kabul, Maidan Shar, Ghazni, Kandahar, Delaram, Herat, Sheberghan, Mazari Sharif, and Puli Khumri?
answer: Highway 1
context: Title: Afghan Turkestan
  Passage: Afghan Turkestan is a region in northern Afghanistan, on the border with the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.  In the 19th century there was a province in Afghanistan named Turkestan Province until abolished by Abdur Rahman, and was centred on Mazari Sharif and included territory in the modern provinces of Balkh, Jowzjan, Faryab and Sar-e Pol.  The whole territory, from the junction of the Kokcha river with the Amu Darya on the north-east to the province of Herat on the south-west, was some 500 mi in length, with an average width from the Russian frontier to the Hindu Kush of 114 miles (183 km).  It thus comprised about 57,000 sqmi or roughly two-ninths of the former Kingdom of Afghanistan.
  Title: Ghazni
  Passage: Ghaznī (Pashto: غزني‎ , Persian: غزنی‎ ‎ ) or Ghaznai (غزنی ), also historically known as Ghaznīn (غزنين ) or Ghazna (غزنه ), is a city in Afghanistan with a population of nearly 150,000 people.  It is located in the central-east part of the country.  Situated on a plateau at 2,219 metres (7,280 ft) above sea level, the city serves as the capital of Ghazni Province.  It is linked by a highway with Kandahar to the southwest, Kabul to the northeast, and Gardez and Khost to the east.  The foundation stone of Ghazni Airport was laid in April 2012 which now serves Ghazni and other nearby eastern Afghan provinces.
  Title: Afghan Civil War (1992–96)
  Passage: The 1992 to 1996 phase of the conflict in Afghanistan (1978–present) began after the resignation of the communist President Mohammad Najibullah.  The post-communist Islamic State of Afghanistan was established by the Peshawar Accord, a peace and power-sharing agreement under which all the Afghan parties were united in April 1992, except for the Hezb-e Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.  Hekmatyar started a bombardment campaign against the capital city Kabul which marked the beginning of this new phase in the war.  In direct contrast to the Soviet era, the countryside witnessed relative calm during that period while major cities such as Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e Sharif and Kandahar witnessed violent fighting.
  Title: Maidan Wardak Province
  Passage: Maidan Wardak Province (Pashto: د ميدان وردګو ولايت‎ , Persian: ولایت میدان وردک‎ ‎ ), also called Maidan Wardag or simply Wardak Province, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central east region of Afghanistan.  It is divided into eight districts and has a population of approximately 567,600.  The capital of the province is Maidan Shar.  The province is named after the Pashtun tribe of Wardak.
  Title: Highway 1 (Afghanistan)
  Passage: Highway 1 or A01, formally called the Ring Road (Pashto: د افغانستان حلقوي سړک‎ ; Dari: شاهراه حلقوی افغانستان‎ ‎ ), is a 2,200 kilometre two-lane road network circulating inside Afghanistan, connecting the following major cities (clockwise): Kabul, Maidan Shar, Ghazni, Kandahar, Delaram, Herat, Sheberghan, Mazari Sharif, and Puli Khumri.  It has extensions that also connect Jalalabad, Bamyan, Khost, Lashkargah, Zaranj (Route 66), Islam Qala, and Kunduz.  It is part of AH1, the longest route of the Asian Highway Network.
  Title: Ghazni Province
  Passage: Ghazni (Persian: غزنی‎ ‎ , "Qazni"; Pashto: غزني‎ ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southeastern part of the country.  The province contains 19 districts, encompassing over a thousand villages and roughly 1.3 million people.  The city of Ghazni serves as the capital.  It lies on the important Kabul–Kandahar Highway, and has historically functioned as an important trade center.  The Ghazni Airport is located next to the city of Ghazni and provides limited domestic flights to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
citations: Ghazni Highway 1 (Afghanistan)