SALANG, Afghanistan-- Bent under heavy winds and laboring to breathe in the frigid, thin air, international teams on Thursday rescued about 500 people trapped by an avalanche of snow.

That route passes through Afghanistan's perilous Salang Tunnel, 11,000 feet up in the Hindu Kush mountains. The Soviet-built tunnel was heralded as a marvel of engineering when completed in 1964.

With the Taliban gone, Uzbekistan has reopened the Friendship Bridge north of Mazar-i-Sharif, the main link between Afghanistan and the ex-Soviet states of central Asia. When the Salang is clear ...

Eighty percent of Afghanistan's commerce passes through the crumbling Salang Tunnel. Repairing it, or building a new one, will cost millions of dollars. Photo: Paula Bronstein/WSJ By Jcole 1:38 ...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Sept. 10, 2012) -- The 10th Sustainment Brigade conducted the first aerial delivery mission near the Salang tunnel, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, proving aerial resupply is ...

Salang Hospital in Afghanistan's Parwan province cost nearly $600,000 to build, but it cannot be fully utilized because of an inadequate supply of electricity and a lack of clean water, according ...