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Correspondent lyse doucet has travelled to the salang in the hindu kush region to see how bad things are. a winter wonderland of aching beauty, but brutal. we are travelling through the masses of the hindu kush, through the worlds second—highest road tunnel, the salang tunnel. a place of legend. its an engineering wonder, but a death trap. especially in winter, in avalanches and accidents. the only highway rescue at this spot is sakhi mohammed, selling chains for tyres in the coldest winter in...

Are in need of humanitarian assistance, including clean water and sanitation. and yet the taliban is refusing to lift the ban on female aid workers. that ban was confirmed in a statement to the bbc today. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has travelled to the salang in the hindu kush to see how bad things are. a winter wonderland... ..of aching beauty, but brutal. were travelling through the masses of the hindu kush, through the worlds second highest road tunnel, the salang tun...

Beauty, but brutal. were travelling through the massives of the hindu kush, through the worlds second highest road tunnel, the salang tunnel, a place of legend. its an engineering wonder, but a death trap, especially in winter, in avalanches and accidents. the only highway rescue at this spot is sakhi mohammad, selling chains for tyres, in the coldest winter in a decade. tough stuff, in threadbare clothes. translation: it gets so cold, you cant see the road. - you cant walk, and the heaters in c...

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