(EPA/S. SABAWOON)

An Afghan man carries wheat flour distributed by World Food Program, on a snow-covered path in Kabul Afghanistan on 09 February 2010. According ot media reports, avalanches closed the historial Salan pass tunnel, in northern Afghanistan on 08 February, killing at least 28 people while hundreds were trapped in freezing cold. The 2.6-km tunnel experiences avalanches during the winter seasons. Built by Soviet engineers and first opened in 1964, the Salang tunnel and road system provided the first direct year-round link between Afghanistans northern and southern regions.