Brunost significantly reduce iron intake in the general population, and ordered iron to be added to the cheese. Modern brunost does not contain significant amounts of iron. However, the (natural) sugar content of Brunost is quite high, and also the fat content is significant, causing some to warn against it, and even likening it to milk chocolate. Some tests have shown major nutritional differences between different varieties of brunost. Also, it has been pointed out that the fat content of most brunost is significantly lower than in numerous other cheeses, such as soft cheeses. In January 2013, a lorry carrying 27
Salang Tunnel fire and 2,000 Afghan soldiers and civilians may have died. Afghan insurgents said they did not have any role in the explosion in the tunnel. Prior to this, on 23 February 1980, a similar incident killed 16 Soviet soldiers in the Salang tunnel. Salang Tunnel fire The Salang tunnel fire occurred on 3 November 1982 in Afghanistan's Salang tunnel during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Details are uncertain, but the incident may have been the deadliest known road accident, and one of the deadliest fires of modern times. The Salang tunnel, which opened the famous Salang Pass (or Kotal-e Salang) to