Shomali Plain

In Afghanistan, the Shomali Plain, also called the Shomali Valley, is a plateau north of Kabul, approximately 30 km wide and 80 km long. It is mostly agricultural, but it provides the only year-round and all-weather means of access to the country's northern provinces. From Kabul, the road runs via Charikar through Parwan Province, and then into the Hindu Kush mountains via the Salang Tunnel.