Almeno 40 ambulanze e 100 veicoli della protezione civile e dell'esercito afghano sono giunti sul posto per assistere i passeggeri in difficoltà ed estrarre le vittime dalle auto.

(EPA/NAQEEB AHMED)

A file picture dated 19 December 2008 shows an Afghan worker removing snow near the Salang tunnel, a vital humanitarian link between the north and south of Afghanistan, in Baghlan province. According ot media reports, avalanches closed the historial Salan pass tunnel, in northern Afghanistan on 08 February 2010, 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.