This photo taken on Jan. 4, 2025 shows a road amid snow in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Multiple highways in Afghanistan, including Salang, the main highway linking the country's national capital, Kabul, to nine northern provinces, were inaccessible to traffic due to heavy snowfalls, an official at the Ministry of Public Work said on Friday. Since Thursday morning, 27 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces have been experiencing heavy snowfalls, where the temperatures have decreased to around minus 15 degrees Celsius in some areas of the country. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

KABUL, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Multiple highways in Afghanistan, including Salang, the main highway linking the country's national capital, Kabul, to nine northern provinces, were inaccessible to traffic due to heavy snowfalls, an official at the Ministry of Public Work said on Friday.

"Salang highway has been blocked due to severe snowfalls, storms, strong winds and dusty fog since Friday morning," Mohammad Ashraf Haqshinas, spokesman for the ministry, posted on his X account.

According to Haqshinas, the highway's maximum snow depth has reached 1.16 meters.

Since Thursday morning, 27 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces have been experiencing heavy snowfalls, where the temperatures have decreased to around minus 15 degrees Celsius in some areas of the country. ■

This photo taken on Jan. 4, 2025 shows a road amid snow in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Multiple highways in Afghanistan, including Salang, the main highway linking the country's national capital, Kabul, to nine northern provinces, were inaccessible to traffic due to heavy snowfalls, an official at the Ministry of Public Work said on Friday.

Since Thursday morning, 27 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces have been experiencing heavy snowfalls, where the temperatures have decreased to around minus 15 degrees Celsius in some areas of the country. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)