{"id":5527,"date":"2026-01-26T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/26\/salang-highway-closure-sixth-day-afghanistan-heavy-snowfall\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:35:54","slug":"salang-highway-closure-sixth-day-afghanistan-heavy-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/26\/salang-highway-closure-sixth-day-afghanistan-heavy-snowfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Salang Highway Remains Closed for Sixth Consecutive Day Amid Heavy Snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Public Works has announced that the Salang Highway, one of Afghanistan&#8217;s vital transit routes, remains closed for the sixth consecutive day, with efforts to reopen it so far unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Ashraf Haqshenas, a spokesperson for the ministry, stated in a press release on Monday, January 26, that heavy snowfall accompanied by strong storms has severely hindered snow clearance operations in the Salang area, slowing down the work of technical teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban administration has urged citizens to avoid traveling towards the Salang region until further notice. This route plays a crucial role in connecting northern and central provinces, and its prolonged closure continues to impact the lives and mobility of residents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Works has recommended the alternative route of Jado Doshi\u2013Bamyan for travel, noting that citizens can use fast vehicles to navigate this path. Nevertheless, the multi-day closure of the Salang Highway has once again raised questions about the Taliban administration&#8217;s preparedness, crisis management, and ability to maintain the country&#8217;s critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salang Highway in Afghanistan remains closed for the sixth day due to heavy snowfall. Authorities suggest alternative routes amid infrastructure concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5527","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=5527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}