Salang Pass

Parwan Province · Afghanistan

Salang Pass, Afghanistan
Photo: Gianluca Di Santo, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to September
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A high mountain pass through the Hindu Kush linking northern and central Afghanistan via a long tunnel bored through the rock. The switchbacks climb through dramatic snow-bound terrain for much of the year.

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