Supply trucks wait in line after a road closure due to rain and snow in Chaman, located in Pakistan's Balochistan province along the Afghanistan border February 8, 2010. Snow and rain fell over Kashmir, Punjab, North West Frontier and Balochistan provinces, Pakistan's Meteorological Department said on their website. REUTERS/Saeed Ali Achakzai (PAKISTAN - Tags: TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
09 Feb 2010 14:05:59 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - At least 24 bodies have been recovered and 40 other people are feared dead after avalanches swept vehicles into a ravine and trapped cars in a mountain pass overnight, Afghanistan's Interior Minister said on Tuesday.
Hanif Atmar told a news conference that 2 km of road had so far been cleared but more people remained trapped after the avalanches, which shut the Salang Pass and blocked a 2.6 km (1.6 mile) tunnel through the Hindu Kush mountains.
(Reporting by Hamid Shalizi; writing by Peter Graff; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)
(For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan)
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