According to reports, at least 60 people were killed and more than 200 others injured in an avalanche in a key tunnel in the Hindu Kush mountains connecting northern and southern Afghanistan.
From the New York Times:
More than 60 people were feared dead and hundreds still trapped on a treacherous mountain pass in Afghanistan on Tuesday after a series of avalanches smashed into an alpine tunnel.
Days of heavy snow triggered avalanches which hit the 2.6 km (1.6 mile) long Soviet-built Salang tunnel, the main route across the Hindu Kush mountains, connecting the Indian subcontinent to Central Asia.
Twenty-four bodies have been recovered and another 40 people are feared dead, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar told a news conference.
Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said 3,000 people had been trapped in vehicles along the mountain pass at 3,400 meters (11,000 feet). About 2,500 were rescued on Tuesday.
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