La situazione si è fatta particolarmente drammatica fuori e dentro il tunnel costruito nel 1964 dai sovietici a 3.400 metri di quota. Qui centinaia di auto e autocarri sono rimasti bloccati.

(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Afghans cover themselves as they wait to get evacuated, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010, near the avalanche that struck the Salang Pass, some 100 kms north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said the avalanches have killed at least 28 people and left another 1,500 stranded in a snow-blocked mountain pass, with the Defense Ministry releasing a statement saying another 70 people have been injured as rescue efforts continued to dig out hundreds of vehicles stuck on the pass north of Kabul.