The snow renders roads impassable even with four-wheel drive and tire chains and closes the high mountain passes that separate districts.

大雪纷飞，道路阻塞，即便是装了轮胎链的四轮汽车都难以行进，通往其他地区的山口也被关闭。

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According to a department spokesman, Benn-i-pott Road, from Brandywell Cottage to the Mountain Road remains impassable due to "large snow drifts" .

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As for Gorno-Badakhshan, a region covering nearly half of the country, its only outlet is the perilous mountain road to Osh in Kirgizstan, impassable in winter.

ECONOMIST: Tajikistan