A series of avalanches engulfed a mountain pass in Afghanistan, trapping hundreds of people in their buried cars and killing as many as 64 people so far, authorities said Tuesday. Rescuers brought in bulldozers, ambulances and helicopters in a massive effort to reach victims stuck in the frigid snow along the 12,700-feet-high (3,800-meter) Salang Pass, which links the ...

Massive avalanches roaring down a mountain pass north of Kabul may have killed more than 60 people Tuesday, Afghan officials said, as rescuers evacuated about 400 injured victims. Search-and-rescue teams recovered the bodies of 24 people but said they fear 40 others may have also died, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar said. About 2,500 people were rescued from their snow-blocked ...

SALANG PASS, Afghanistan (Reuters) - More than 60 people were feared dead and hundreds still trapped on a treacherous mountain pass in Afghanistan on Tuesday after a series of avalanches smashed into an alpine tunnel. Days of heavy snow triggered avalanches which hit the 2.6 km (1.6 mile) long Soviet-built Salang tunnel, the main route across the Hindu Kush ...