2010 Salang Avalanches
The 2010 Salang avalanches ( prs, برف‌کوچ‌های سالنگ, ps, سالنګ کې د واورې ښوئېدنې) consisted of a series of at least 36 avalanches that struck the southern approach to the Salang Tunnel, north of Kabul. They were caused by a freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains. Leading up to the disaster About 250 avalanches annually strike the road. During the 2008/9 season, the total loss of life in Afghanistan due to avalanche was about 40 people. On 7 February 2010, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) reported that 10 people were killed in Kandahar Province. Najibullah Barith, ARCS's director in Kandahar complained about the lack of local and national resources. A spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority said that 11 people were killed by avalanches in Farah Province, Farah, Bamyan Province, Bamyan, Ghor and Daykundi provinces of Afghanistan, provinces between 4 and 8 February. The Afghan flash floods and avalanche ...
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Salang Pass
The Salang Pass ( ps, د سالنګ لاره; prs, كتل سالنگ ''Kutal-i Salang'', el. ) is the primary mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan with Parwan Province, with onward connections to Kabul Province, southern Afghanistan, and to the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Library of Congress Country Study: Afghanistan
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