The Salang tunnel , the main supply route for Soviet troops when they were occupying Afghanistan in the 1980s , had been closed since 1994 when northern militia leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum rebelled against the Kabul government .
<response> The <location>Salang</location> tunnel , the main supply route for <misc>Soviet</misc> troops when they were occupying <location>Afghanistan</location> in the 1980s , had been closed since 1994 when northern militia leader General <person>Abdul Rashid Dostum</person> rebelled against the <location>Kabul</location> government . </response>