KABUL (Reuters) - An accident in the landmark Salang alpine tunnel that connects Afghanistan's capital to its north killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, authorities said on Sunday.

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An oil tanker overturned and caught fire in the Salang Tunnel - which links the capital Kabul to the northern provinces - on Saturday evening. The blaze spread to other vehicles before it was put ...

Salang pass is one of the highest mountain highways in the world at around 3,650 metres Afghan men suffering from burn injury receive treatment at a hospital after getting as an oil tanker caught ...

The Salang Tunnel is the only major north-south route in Afghanistan to remain open throughout the year. Providing the shortest all-weather route, the tunnel and the road through it cut the ...

Rescuers are continuing to dig through snow in Afghanistan to reach hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles by avalanches in the Salang Pass. Government officials say at least 165 bodies have ...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Sept. 10, 2012) -- The 10th Sustainment Brigade conducted the first aerial delivery mission near the Salang tunnel, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, proving aerial resupply is ...

KABUL, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan caretaker government formally started the reconstruction of the essential Salang Pass and Salang tunnel on Wednesday, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported.

Soviet-built Salang tunnel, the main route across the Hindu Kush mountain range, connecting the Indian subcontinent to Central Asia Credit: REUTERS Afghan army troops dug through huge snowdrifts ...

Medical workers carry the bodies of those who were killed after an oil tanker caught fire on Saturday, December 17 in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan [Farid Tanha/AFP] Published On 18 Dec 202218 ...