2010 Salang avalanches

2010 Salang avalanches
Entrance of the Salang Tunnel
Date8 February 2010 (2010-02-08)
LocationSouthern Salang Pass, Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Deaths175

The 2010 Salang avalanches (Dari: برف‌کوچ‌های سالنگ, Pashto: سالنګ کې د واورې ښوئېدنې) consisted of a series of at least 36 avalanches that struck the southern approach to the Salang Tunnel, north of Kabul. They were caused by a freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains.