Kotal-e Salang
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| Elevation | 3878 m. or 12,723 ft. |
| Location |  Afghanistan |
| Range | Hindu Kush |
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Kotal-e Salang or Salang Pass (el. 3878 m.) is the major mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan and Kabul province, with further connections to southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is just to the east of the Kushan Pass and both of them were of great importance in early times as providing the most direct connections between the Kabul region with northern Afghanistan or Tokharistan
The pass crosses the Hindu Kush but is now bypassed through the Salang tunnel, built by the Soviets, which runs underneath it at a height of about 3,400 m. It links Charikar and Kabul with Mazari Sharif and Termez.
