{"id":5341,"date":"2026-01-21T10:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/salang-pass-closed-heavy-snowstorm-poor-visibility-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:09:33","slug":"salang-pass-closed-heavy-snowstorm-poor-visibility-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/salang-pass-closed-heavy-snowstorm-poor-visibility-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Salang Pass Closed Due to Heavy Snowstorm and Poor Visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salang Pass has been completely closed to all vehicles since 5:20 AM on Wednesday, January 22, due to heavy snowfall, storms, and limited visibility. The Public Works Directorate under the Taliban administration announced in a statement that this closure is temporary. Technical teams from the directorate are currently present on-site to clear the route and reopen the pass.<\/p>\n<p>The statement urged citizens to avoid traveling towards Salang until further notice and to postpone their trips to a more suitable time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the directorate, weather forecasts indicate that snow and storms will continue in the Salang area until Thursday, a situation that may delay the reopening of this vital route connecting northern and central Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salang Pass in Afghanistan closed due to heavy snowfall and storms, with reopening delayed as weather conditions persist until Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}