英语词汇“Hindu Kush”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Beyond the village, beyond the river and the streams, Laila saw foothills, bare and dusty brown, and, beyond those, as beyond everything else in Afghanistan, the snowcapped Hindu Kush. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Travelers on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean had to cross desert and the Hindu Kush, both formidable obstacles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

After walking the 4,000-mile length of the Nile, the explorer Levison Wood decided to stroll through the Himalayas, from the Hindu Kush in western Afghanistan to Bhutan. Into the Wild: Three books celebrate the joys of life in nature 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

The title refers to a Hindu Kush mountain pass where Soviet troops suffered devastating losses in a 1982 tunnel fire. 'The Americans' recap: Managing females is not so easy for Philip 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

Many also come from far and wide to visit the lush Panjshir Valley, known for its quaint villages and endless mountains on the foothills of Hindu Kush. Vacations on the edge: The rise of the war tourism industry 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

A typical sentence from him reads, “I came back for his half term, traveling through the Hindu Kush mountains with some difficulty.” Books of The Times: Phantoms of the Mind, No Longer Shocking But No Less Haunting 2011-02-01T21:45:58Z

Just as "a short walk" in the Hindu Kush was actually a gruelling many-hundred-mile trek, so Newby carefully understated his own ability. Eric Newby's other half 2011-04-05T08:00:04Z

To the south, across the high passes of the Hindu Kush, the Kabul river valley leads down towards the Khyber pass and India. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z

Dozens of times over the past 3,000 years, the plains and valleys around the foothills of the Hindu Kush have changed hands between Iranians, Greeks, Chinese, Scythians, Turks and Indians. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z

An estimated 90,000+ glaciers of the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindu Kush mountains are currently at risk of reaching the tipping point, threatening the nearly 870 million people that rely on them. Report warns about risk tipping points with irreversible impacts on people and planet 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z

Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z

Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Afghanistan earthquake: Race to rescue victims in Herat Province 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z

Hemmed in by mountains, Afghanistan has a history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Afghan earthquakes kill 2,053, Taliban say, as death toll spikes 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z

Afghanistan, hemmed in by mountains, has a long history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. FACTBOX Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes over the years 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z

Another big hotspot in Asia is the Himalayas, Tian Shan and Hindu Kush mountains, with the Alps also affected. Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains and scientists say that’s a problem 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z

The high altitudes and sharp peaks of the Hindu Kush Mountains mean that heavy rains barrel down through the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. After devastating floods in Pakistan, some have recovered but many are struggling a year later 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z

Scientists have struggled to assess how climate change is affecting the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100 - report 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

It says changes to the glaciers, snow and permafrost of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region driven by global warming are “unprecedented and largely irreversible.” Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming not controlled, study finds 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

An earthquake in the Hindu Kush killed 848 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Soviet Union. FACTBOX Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes over the years 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z

Dr. Jackson and her colleagues studied an area of approximately 1.6 million square miles that they call the Hindu Kush Himalaya, stretching from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east. Himalayan Glacier Loss Speeding Up, New Report Finds 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

The two countries are bound by the Helmand River, the longest river in Afghanistan, which flows from the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountain range and feeds into wetlands along the country’s border with Iran. At Least Three Are Killed in Clashes on Iranian-Afghan Border 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z

With this newfound understanding comes grave concern for the people living in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100 - report 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

Striking out across the Hindu Kush mountains accompanied only by his family and two hundred fighting men, he conquered the city of Kabul in Afghanistan. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z

In the fourth century BCE, Alexander the Great, his army, and his people came to what is today Afghanistan and the region of the Hindu Kush. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z

The ecosystems of the Hindu Kush Himalaya are similarly unprepared for the changes already underway. Himalayan Glacier Loss Speeding Up, New Report Finds 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

He also urged the Afghan Taliban to allow Iranian hydrologists to check the water levels of the river, which originates in the Afghan Hindu Kush mountain range. Iran warns Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers not to violate its water rights, over Helmand River 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z

About 100 miles from Kabul, along a road that runs through the snowy folds of the Hindu Kush mountains, apricot and peach trees were frosted in ice during a recent visit by Times journalists. A Shepherd, a Cook, a Palace Chef: Making Food With Less Under the Taliban 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

The tremor had a depth of 194 km and its epicentre was in the Hindu Kush mountain range, near the remote northern Afghan province of Badakhshan. Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits northern Afghanistan - EMSC 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

About 62 percent of them reside in High Mountain Asia, a region stretching from the Hindu Kush all the way to the eastern Himalayas. 15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

Hailed as an engineering masterpiece on its completion in the 1960s by the Soviet Union, the major route through the Hindu Kush mountains is often shut for days because of accidents and avalanches. Salang tunnel: 19 killed, dozens injured in fire 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z

Two successive earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains in March 2002 killed more than 1,100 people. Why do so many devastating earthquakes happen in Afghanistan? 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

In March of 2002, at least 1,500 people were killed when a series of earthquakes with a magnitude between 5 and 6 struck northern Afghanistan, destroying a district capital in the Hindu Kush. Devastating Afghanistan Earthquake Leaves More Than 1,000 Dead 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Twin earthquakes in the Hindu Kush in March 2002 killed a total of 1,100. Factbox: FACTBOX Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Between 1990 and 2015, the researchers found, most published research on glacial lake outburst floods focused on North America, Iceland, and the Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains in Asia. 15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

Mountainous Afghanistan and the larger region of South Asia along the Hindu Kush mountains, where the Indian tectonic plate collides with the Eurasian plate to the north, has long been vulnerable to devastating earthquakes. Eastern Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 255 people 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Nestled in the towering Hindu Kush, the Panjshir Valley has a single narrow entrance. Watchdog says Afghan Taliban detaining, torturing civilians 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z

When Soviet troops poured over the Hindu Kush Mountains and into Afghanistan on Christmas Eve in 1979, they achieved initial success. In Putin’s Ukraine quagmire, echoes of Soviet failure in Afghanistan 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

The country has a long history of earthquakes, many in the mountainous Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Factbox: FACTBOX Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

A wall of the highest mountains in the world—the Hindu Kush, Karakorum, and Himalayan ranges—separates this region from the rest of the Asian continent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the country’s majestic mountains, an offshoot of the famed Hindu Kush range, stretch across the rugged terrain. Along Afghanistan’s ‘highway of death,’ the bombs are gone but suffering has deepened

But he had his eyes on 2022, and, as a tour guide in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, he was building a life and career on snow. Afghan skiers, once chasing the Olympics, rebuild as refugees in Italy 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Nestled in the towering Hindu Kush mountains, the Panjshir Valley has a single narrow entrance. Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

Earthquake in the rugged Hindu Kush killed 848 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Soviet Union. Factbox: FACTBOX Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Northern migrants may have made their way through the Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saleh retreated to the Panjshir Valley in the Hindu Kush mountains last month to help lead the armed resistance to the Taliban. Hamid Karzai is back in the thick of Afghan politics but a long way from power 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Not even a decade ago, the snow-covered Hindu Kush mountains, located in the Bamian region and largely inhabited by the Hazara people, were mostly unexplored terrain. Afghan skiers, once chasing the Olympics, rebuild as refugees in Italy 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Nestled in the Hindu Kush mountains, it is filled with narrow ravines and rock formations that create a natural bulwark against invaders and a perfect environment for ambushes and guerrilla warfare. Anti-Taliban resistance fighters rely on grit, history and geography to hang onto a sliver of Afghanistan 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

The sun had just begun to rise over the Hindu Kush Mountains when the Taliban disappeared from Kabul, the battered capital of Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

As Chapter 3 explains, the Aryans, a nomadic people from north of the Hindu Kush mountains, swept into the Indus Valley around 1500 B.C. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afghanistan’s geography is a study of extreme hazard, from the glacier-peaked Hindu Kush mountains in the north to its melon farms in the west to the arid south, stung by dust storms. A New Breed of Crisis: War and Warming Collide in Afghanistan 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

The Taliban say they have since retaken those areas, though neighboring Panjshir in the Hindu Kush mountains remains the only one of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces not under its control. Family: Taliban kills Afghan folk singer in restive province 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z

“I was searching for the mountains,” she said, recalling the view of the majestic Hindu Kush that arriving passengers see as they descend to Kabul’s airport. 'We're losing the best': Afghanistan faces a massive brain drain as its people flee 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The elder Massoud built his formidable reputation by holding out against repeated Soviet offensives in the 1980s, using his wits and the high mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush to survive. Budding Resistance to the Taliban Faces Long Odds 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

In Baghlan province about 75 miles north of the Afghan capital, fighters calling themselves the “People’s Uprising” claimed to have seized three districts in the Andarab Valley, nestled in the towering Hindu Kush mountains. Anti-Taliban forces seize key territory signaling potential civil war to come 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z

When they weren’t tackling the tough summits of the Hindu Kush, they trained on rock-climbing walls and yoga mats in Kabul and volunteered at schools and art centers. Opinion | An Afghan female mountaineering team risked it all for their dreams. Now they’re stuck. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

In August last year, flooding in Charikar, a city on the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, in northern Afghanistan, killed at least 92 people and injured 108 others. At Least 80 Killed as Flash Floods Destroy Village in Afghanistan 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar, the Hindu Kush Himalayan region is a 2,000-mile long mountain range, home to the world's highest peaks. Border disputes threaten climate science in the Himalayas 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

A 2010 information page published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development called for more glacier monitoring in the Hindu Kush Himalayas to better understand “the real degree of glacial lake instability.” EXPLAINER: How glaciers can burst and send floods downstream 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

The next Friday, Khaibar turns up in Kabul, the Afghan capital, after another ten-hour-plus drive through stretches of Taliban country and a high pass over the Hindu Kush mountains that divide the country. Trouble lurks for Afghanistan’s beloved ‘goat grabbing’ national sport 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

The Kalash are a group of about 4,000 people who live in the mountains of the Hindu Kush, where they practice an ancient polytheistic faith. Welcoming a New Year at an Ancient Festival in Pakistan 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

Five years ago: A 7.5-magnitude quake in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan caused extensive damage in neighboring Pakistan and killed around 400 people. Today in History 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z

Driving up one of Kabul’s many steep hills, dotted with colourfully painted houses and surrounded by the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains, the Afghan capital looks just like any other day. Photographing poverty's pandemic: 'Afghans have learned to live with fear' 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z

A polyglot Afghan native, he was a skilled bureaucratic operator with clout in the halls of Washington and the craggy peaks of the Hindu Kush. In coming bid for Afghan peace, U.S. envoy faces greatest challenge — and an unpredictable president 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

The Hindu Kush Himalayan region extends across all or part of eight countries, from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east. Plant life 'expanding over the Himalayas' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

Along with the social media message, the Duke of Cambridge shared a photo of himself taken by Middleton at a glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Prince William launches prestigious environmental prize to protect the planet in the next decade 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z

The province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. Landslide kills 6 Afghans in Taliban-controlled district 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani military helicopter teams rescued six mountain climbers on Tuesday after an avalanche trapped them on a treacherous stretch of the Hindu Kush on the border with Afghanistan, officials said. Pakistani Military Rescues 6 Mountain Climbers Trapped by Avalanche 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

They took off from Uzbekistan and flew into northern Afghanistan, over the snow-capped mountains of the Hindu Kush. Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

It covered different locations in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, ranging from Myanmar in the east to Afghanistan in the west. Plant life 'expanding over the Himalayas' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

Almost 1,300 German soldiers are currently stationed in the Hindu Kush, north Afghanistan. Angela Merkel criticises US isolationism, urging 'win-win solutions' 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, as the report released Monday is known, is another reminder of the need to address climate change in real and meaningful ways. Editorials from around New York 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

One of the most complete studies on mountain warming, the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment was put together over five years by 210 authors. Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Climate change poses a growing threat to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, according to a new report. Warming threatens Himalayan glaciers 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

The findings were published today in a 600-page report from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, or ICIMOD, an intergovernmental organization focused on environmental and social change in Hindu Kush Himalaya. World's "Third Pole" Is Melting Away 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

He carried an AK-47 assault rifle on patrols and fired at ghostlike insurgents attacking coalition troops in the Korengal, a valley that rips through the Hindu Kush like a viper in tall grass. Former interpreters for U.S. troops wait out the State Department — and the Taliban — as visas decline 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

It encompasses the Himalaya–Hindu Kush mountain ranges and the Tibetan Plateau. Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment touches on the phenomenon of elevation-dependent warming. Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Automated software was used to track surface features on glaciers in 11 areas of High Mountain Asia, from Pamir and Hindu Kush in the West, to Nyainqêntanglha and inner Tibet and China in the East. Asia's glaciers put the brakes on 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

In Hindu Kush Himalaya, some places are likely to be more affected than others. World's "Third Pole" Is Melting Away 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

“He doesn’t want American kids dying in the Hindu Kush while taxpayers underwrite it. America First means the opposite of isolationism—where it’s in our vital national security Trump wants allies—not protectorates.” In His Foreign Policy, Trump Values Action Over D.C.’s Caution 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

“We’re at war while America is at the mall,” some lance corporal muttered to another as they shivered against the winds rushing down the valleys in the Hindu Kush. Opinion | The Warrior at the Mall 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z

And stirred because despite the bone-rattling journey, the sight of the snowy peaks of the Hindu Kush is breathtakingly beautiful. Corruption at 13,000 feet: Afghanistan struggles to maintain a treacherous mountain trade route 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

Then they hopped into old vans, Jack Keroaucs all, and set off for the Hindu Kush. Climbers Plan to Scale Deadly K2 Peak in Winter 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

For exactly 110 days, shadowed by memories of roadside bombs and mortar shelling in the Hindu Kush, Para directed his focus to Chico, studying her, talking to her, edging closer, sitting in her cage. Rescue bird sanctuary helps heal PTSD 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

We stayed for months, opening new passes, learning the language, and exploring the Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and Pamir. This Remote Pakistani Village Is Nothing Like You’d Expect

Beg describes how he exchanges his sheep and goats for food - rice, cooking oil, salt - in the barter system that is the main form of financial transaction here in the shadow of the Hindu Kush. Peace but extreme poverty in isolated region of Afghanistan 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

If everything goes according to Salahi and the World Bank’s plan, the road over and through the Hindu Kush will be properly paved by 2022. Corruption at 13,000 feet: Afghanistan struggles to maintain a treacherous mountain trade route 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

Beg describes how he exchanges his sheep and goats for food -- rice, cooking oil, salt-- in the barter system that is the main form of financial transaction here in the shadow of the Hindu Kush. Peace but extreme poverty in isolated region of Afghanistan 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

The Kalash religion at one time flourished in the Hindu Kush region. A little-known Pakistani tribe that loves wine and whiskey fears its Muslim neighbors 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

But as in many other parts of the world, researchers say, Pakistan’s glaciers are receding, especially those at lower elevations, including here in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan has more glaciers than almost anywhere on Earth. But they are at risk. 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

Over the following centuries the samosa made its way over the icy passes of the Hindu Kush and into the Indian subcontinent. The story of India as told by a humble street snack - BBC News 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Bamiyan means The Place of Shining Light, and there is indeed something quite out-of-the-ordinary about the clarity and sharp intensity of the light illuminating this hidden valley, hanging suspended in the Hindu Kush. Do writers’ photographs show a side of their character not revealed in their books? 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

SH: The Pakistani high command said go kill him, but for chrissake don’t leave a body, don’t arrest him, just tell them a week later that you killed him in Hindu Kush. Seymour Hersh spills the secrets of Bin Laden’s execution: “He was a prisoner of war. It was a hit” 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, Zuercher continues to organize his ski race in the Hindu Kush. The race to bring Afghanistan to the Winter Olympics 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

He knows the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan; he keeps a house in the Hindu Kush. Summers in Sudan? Adventures in Afghanistan? Your Guide to Risky Travel 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

The sturdy traditional construction of the Kalash homes helped them to survive the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the Hindu Kush on 26 October, although some have cracks that must be repaired before winter. As floods hit, Pakistan’s Kalasha people fear for their way of life 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

“We don’t want to fight in areas hit by the earthquake,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said by phone two days after a 7.5 temblor struck the remote Hindu Kush region in northeast Afghanistan. Taliban Offer Informal Cease-Fire in Areas Hit by Earthquake 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

Pakistani surveillance aircraft were still surveying the damage across the affected region, which includes some of the most inaccessible parts of the Hindu Kush mountains. Rescue efforts underway in Afghanistan and Pakistan after strong quake kills more than 300 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

For the hundreds of spectators who walk for hours to watch the annual Afghan Ski Challenge in the remote Hindu Kush mountain range, the wrecks are the best part. The race to bring Afghanistan to the Winter Olympics 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z

Monday’s 7.5-magnitude quake was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan’s sparsely populated Badakhshan province, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China, the U.S. Rescue Work Expands in Quake-Hit Pakistan and Afghanistan 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

For Akram Hussain, unprecedented monsoon floods that drenched his Hindu Kush mountain valley this year were a danger to more than just homes and crops. As floods hit, Pakistan’s Kalasha people fear for their way of life 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

More than 260 people in northeast Afghanistan and northern Pakistan died Monday when a major temblor centered on the remote Hindu Kush mountain range shook the region. Why the Pakistan Quake Wasn't As Bad As Many Feared 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The quake in the Hindu Kush mountain range triggered landslides, destroyed buildings, and killed more than 100 people, and rescue workers are still assessing the damage. Cause of Afghan Quake Is a Deep Mystery 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

A major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday afternoon, cutting a swath of death and destruction in both countries. Powerful Earthquake Shakes Afghanistan, Pakistan 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The quake, which struck at 1:39 p.m. and registered a preliminary magnitude of 7.5, was centered in the Hindu Kush mountain range, about 160 miles northeast of Kabul. Afghanistan and Pakistan Hit by Huge Earthquake 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

David Rothery, professor of planetary geosciences at the Open University, said: Today’s earthquake in the Hindu Kush region of north-east Afghanistan was a result of the northward collision of India with central Asia. Pakistan and Afghanistan rocked by earthquake – as it happened 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

A powerful temblor shook Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday, killing more than 240 people in both countries as residents fled swaying buildings and hillsides collapsed across a wide stretch of the rugged Hindu Kush mountains. More than 240 dead as powerful quake rocks Afghanistan, Pakistan 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The Indian tectonic plate in the Hindu Kush region is not only colliding with and slipping under the Eurasian tectonic plate; it’s also contorted, pushed from the side into an S-shape like a ribbon candy. Cause of Afghan Quake Is a Deep Mystery 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The 7.5-magnitude quake was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan’s sparsely populated Badakhshan province, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China, the U.S. Strong Afghan Earthquake Felt Across South Asia 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range where the quake was centred. Big Quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan Kills Over 200 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

It is named for the abominable snowman, the Bigfoot said to haunt the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush — a myth whose legend eclipses its reality. From Proud Skoda Owner to Chump Duped by VW 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

The Khans came from the Swat Valley, a fertile corridor amid the mountains of the Hindu Kush. The Imam’s Curse 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

The two new videos were released by al-Qaeda's media arm As-Sahab, literally meaning "in the clouds," an allusion to the jihadi symbolism that al-Qaeda's core base operates in the mountains of the Hindu Kush. Al-Qaeda's Emir Strikes Back 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

The province is in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges. World Digest: April 28, 2015 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

This attitude did not sit well with a United States that was sending its sons and daughters to fight and sometimes die in the Hindu Kush, while also turning Afghanistan into America's largest aid recipient. Viewpoint: A clean Afghanistan slate 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

Yet once at the airfield, he was surprised by an overwhelming view of the Hindu Kush, a mountain never shy of military presence that’s deeply intertwined with the country’s wobbly history. Inside Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

A century on, as conflicts spread from the Atlantic seaboard of Africa to the distant reaches of the Hindu Kush, the parallels with 1914 may not end there. War Reshapes the World Once Again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, hundreds of thousands of tourists traveled each year to Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan district, where the Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountain ranges meet. One year after shocking terrorist attack, Pakistan’s peaks bereft of foreign climbers

Badakhshan province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. Police say Taliban kidnap 27 Afghan officers 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

“People think bin Laden is hiding in the Hindu Kush, but did you know that every day from 4 to 5 he hosts a show on C-SPAN?” Comedian-in-Chief Barack Obama Hosts White House Dinner 2014-05-04T03:55:19Z

Badakshan province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. Afghan Official Says 2,000 Missing After Landslide 2014-05-02T15:09:57Z

The steep valley in the Hindu Kush mountain range is also famous for the dogged resistance of its inhabitants against the Soviet occupation of the 1980s. Taliban claim deadly Afghan bombing 2014-05-01T16:36:01Z

Thursday's rally was Abdullah's first in his heartland - valleys dominated by the snowy peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains and home to many Tajiks, Afghanistan's second largest ethnic group. Afghan presidential hopeful Abdullah warns supporters over fraud 2014-03-20T14:58:25Z

In the back room, employees sell strains of weed like Hindu Kush, Green Candy and L.A. Christian Pot Dispensary Takes on the IRS 2014-02-26T10:50:22Z

It's already approaching midday, and the towering mountains of the Hindu Kush range shut off the winter sunlight from most of Chitral's 34 branch valleys after 4pm. Frozen travellers trapped by unfinished tunnel 2014-02-02T22:04:48Z

Hindu Kush is a 3,500-kilometre mountain chain that spans eight countries — from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Floods spur mountain study 2013-09-04T17:20:19.123Z

However, to tell Soliev’s story we must briefly return south, back across the Hindu Kush, into Afghanistan. Silicon Kush 2013-04-18T21:01:38Z

Their overall mood matched wintertime Kabul’s gray, pockmarked setting, inverted polluted cold air, and trapped below the Hindu Kush’s snowy peaks. America Folds 2013-01-16T09:45:00Z

Clement also faces a charge of laying a horse that he owned at the time, Hindu Kush. Jockey Eddie Ahern among six facing long bans over corruption charges 2012-12-19T13:35:11Z

Glaciers in the province's Koh-e Baba mountains, the western end of the Hindu Kush, recede further each year. Protecting Afghanistan’s environment and tourist future 2012-10-23T23:08:49Z

This is the real challenge the U.S. faces in the region that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Hindu Kush. The Middle East: Old Borders, New Realities 2012-09-27T13:35:36Z

Soliev traded his BMW for his wife’s more modest sedan and drove through the mountain passes of the Hindu Kush to Kabul. Silicon Kush 2013-04-18T21:01:38Z

The mountains of the Hindu Kush separate northern Afghanistan, populated by Tajiks and Uzbeks, from southern and eastern Afghanistan, populated by Pushtuns. Geography Strikes Back 2012-09-08T00:46:38Z

As we approach the foothills of the Hindu Kush, driving along the Ghorband river, the valley looks serene. Taliban stronghold two hours from Kabul 2012-08-11T00:42:29Z

Violence also struck in Upper Dir, on the edge of the Hindu Kush mountains, where four people were killed in what the police described as a roadside bombing. Suicide Bomb Kills Several in Pakistan Tribal Area 2012-07-21T17:29:21Z

An earthquake measuring a magnitude 5.4 struck the Hindu Kush region on Monday morning, followed by a 5.7 quake, the United States Geological Survey said. | Asia: Afghanistan: Village Buried 2012-06-12T02:34:01Z

The houses were destroyed when part of a mountain in the Hindu Kush range fell into a valley. Houses destroyed in Afghan quakes 2012-06-11T10:45:10Z

The spiked peaks of the Hindu Kush form a formidable palisade, although an insurgent attack on the Afghan border last year jangled nerves. Formidable Pakistan School Losing Its Founder 2012-06-08T18:16:11Z

For six decades, India was “very much engaged” in Afghanistan, working on everything from building tunnels through the mountains of the Hindu Kush to education and health programs. India Ink: Can India 'Fix' Afghanistan? 2012-06-07T05:26:19Z

The sun was about to rise over the Hindu Kush peaks surrounding Kabul when we hit the road to Jegdalek. The plunder of Afghanistan's fabulous ruby mines 2012-05-26T01:39:45Z

Beyond the Indus, to the north-west, the region of mountain ranges which stretches to a junction with the Hindu Kush south of the Pamirs, is usually known as Trans-Himalaya. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z

As the river is here the northern boundary of Afghanistan, and the crest of the Hindu Kush the southern boundary, this distance represents the width of the Afghan kingdom at that point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

But it’s not clear we’re about to see the party’s leaders start calling for a rapid exit from the Hindu Kush. Republicans Stay to Obama's Right on Afghanistan 2012-03-18T06:05:26Z

It was agreed that rather than risk flying over the 20,000-foot Hindu Kush at night in midwinter, we should wait until the next day. Remembering a Con Artist and a Military Wannabe 2012-02-04T18:05:22Z

Further to the east, where the edge rises to the lofty Hindu Kush, there lies on its northern slope a favoured district in the region of the Upper Oxus. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z

After this he revisited Syria and Asia Minor, and crossed the Black sea, the desert from Astrakhan to Bokhara, and the Hindu Kush. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z

The Hindu Kush, formidable as it seems, and often as it has been the limit between petty states, has hardly ever been the boundary of a considerable power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

The notion of shrinking the military at a time of crisis from the Maghreb to the Hindu Kush might appear ill-timed. Letter From Europe: Amid Triumph in Libya, War Lingers for Britain in Afghanistan 2011-09-02T12:50:09Z

At first this authority was real and powerful: the Khalif appointed the governors of all the provinces, from Spain to the borders of the Hindu Kush, and removed any of them at his pleasure. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z

The air on these north-western terraces of the Hindu Kush is warm, and the soil sufficiently vigorous, under irrigation, to produce rice and southern fruits. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z

"A great number of people are potentially in danger should the lakes classified as dangerous in the Hindu Kush Himalayas drain," says another report by the UNEP. Quake risk 2011-05-16T01:27:07Z

Authorities.—Information about the Hindu Kush and Chitral is now comparatively exact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

For years since the 9/11 attacks, bin Laden was believed to be hiding in caves in the Hindu Kush mountains. Pakistani villagers bemused by hunt for bin Laden's trail 2011-05-08T11:45:40Z

Prior to their destruction the Buddhas, which were carved into a mountainside in the heart of the Hindu Kush mountains, were among Asia's great archaeological treasures. In pictures 2011-03-09T00:54:36Z

The inhabitants of the southern slope of the Hindu Kush are known to the Greeks as Paropanisadæ. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z

In his time the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom lost the countries north of the Hindu Kush. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

Physiography.—For the first 100 m. of its length the Hindu Kush is a comparatively flat-backed range of considerable width, permitting the formation of small lakes on the crest, and possessing no considerable peaks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

Baghlan Province is just north of the towering Hindu Kush mountains, along vital highways that connect Kabul to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. At War: A Silver Star Recipient's Heroism and Humility 2011-02-21T14:17:46Z

It is hard to identify any silver lining in the storm clouds darkening the Hindu Kush. Death toll in Brazil slides exceeds 400 and still growing 2011-01-13T18:21:00Z

The same is true for governments of neighboring countries known for their interference and influence-seeking in the Hindu Kush. Afghan officials say Taliban commander killed 2010-12-31T15:40:00Z

The difference, fundamentally, is a question of American power in the Balkans in 1995, compared with American power in the Hindu Kush in 2010. Richard Holbrooke in Afghanistan: A Far Cry from Bosnia 2010-12-16T15:45:00Z

As the Hindu Kush gradually recedes from the Ab-i-Panja and turns south-westwards it gains in altitude, and we find prominent peaks on the crest which measure more than 24,000 ft. above sea-level. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

From Belfast to the Hindu Kush, conflict zones abound where the only credible interlocutors in a peace process happen to be rebel leaders or warlords. International justice: In the dock, but for what? 2010-11-25T10:47:00Z

Hiking over a pass in the Hindu Kush was a lesser challenge for him; he once trekked halfway up Mount Everest to provide dental care to a Buddhist monastery, friends said. 10 Killed in Afghanistan Worked for U.S. Aid Group 2010-08-09T02:01:00Z

They stopped at a local restaurant for lunch in the rugged Sharron Valley of the Hindu Kush mountain range in Badakhshan. Taliban Kill 10 on Aid Trip in Afghanistan 2010-08-07T16:37:00Z

The soldiers of Baker Company stood somberly in formation, framed by the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains. Honoring the service of soldiers who commit suicide 2010-07-18T04:00:00Z

About this point it is geographically correct to place the southern extremity of the Hindu Kush, for here commences the Koh-i-Baba system into which the Hindu Kush is merged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

From late March until mid-April, the battalion moved in waves through Germany, Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait to a small airstrip in Kunduz, about 150 miles north of Kabul across the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range. A Year at War: One Battalion?s Wrenching Deployment to Afghanistan 2010-06-27T02:03:00Z

Or consider a cord to connect your laptop to a TV to let you watch DVDs in your hotel room — the perfect way to end a long day of exploring the Hindu Kush. Packing the Right Gadgets for a Trip 2010-06-23T22:41:00Z

U.S. officials say it is well-suited for navigating the altitudes of the Hindu Kush mountains, as well as Afghanistan's desert terrain. U.S. military criticized for purchase of Russian copters for Afghan air corps 2010-06-19T04:00:00Z

They are the politically dominant ethnic group who live, mostly, in the lands between the Hindu Kush mountains and the 1,200-mile border with Pakistan. Into Kandahar, Yesterday and Tomorrow 2010-05-22T21:05:00Z

The Antonov civilian plane was en route from the northern city of Kunduz to Kabul when it crashed in the mountainous Hindu Kush area, about three hour's drive from the capital. Afghan police find bodies at plane crash site 2010-05-21T11:03:00Z

The Salang Pass is a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains connecting Kabul to the north of the country. Search resumes for Afghan plane 2010-05-18T07:58:00Z

Planes normally cross the mountainous Hindu Kush region on this route. Air Plane Crashes With 38 Passengers in Afghanistan 2010-05-17T10:20:00Z

The Salang Pass is a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains connecting the capital, Kabul, to the north of the country. Afghan passenger plane 'crashes' 2010-05-17T10:28:00Z

All of that represents a traverse from the Kandahar I returned to in 1996, the year the Taliban completed their sweep of all of Afghanistan south of the Hindu Kush. Into Kandahar, Yesterday and Tomorrow 2010-05-22T21:05:00Z

In 2002, at least 1,500 people were killed when a series of quakes of between magnitude 5 and 6 struck northern Baghlan province in the Hindu Kush mountains, destroying the district capital of Nahrin. Quake hits central Afghanistan, at least 7 killed 2010-04-19T07:22:00Z

A former British soldier turned-intrepid BBC cameraman, Juvenal's fascination with Afghanistan dates back to the 1980s when he accompanied the mujaheddin fighters trekking over the Hindu Kush to fight the Soviets. Kabul Nightlife: Thriving in Between Suicide Bombs 2010-04-13T17:10:00Z

Guinea-Bissau and its neighbors offer to South American drug traffickers what the impenetrable terrain of the Hindu Kush offers to and the — a place beyond the reach of law. Africa?s Drug Problem 2010-04-09T17:58:00Z

The Kazakhs' special operation in the Hindu Kush took only five days, but it was nonetheless dangerous, says Mr Ilynski. 2009-12-27T17:47:00Z

The extent of Asoka’s dominion included all India from the thirteenth degree of latitude up to the Himalayas, Nepal, Kashmir, the Swat valley, Afghanistan as far as the Hindu Kush, Sind and Baluchistan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"

Bam�ian, a valley and pass of Afghanistan, the latter at an elevation of 8496 feet, the only known pass over the Hindu Kush for artillery and heavy transport. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis

Afghanistan consists chiefly of lofty, bare, uninhabited tablelands, sandy barren plains, ranges of snow-covered mountains, offsets of the Hindu Kush or the Him�laya, and deep ravines and valleys. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide

Upper Devonian rocks are recorded from Persia, and from the Hindu Kush on the right bank of the Chitral river. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter"

From the Dorah eastwards the crest of the Hindu Kush again becomes the boundary till it effects a junction with the Muztagh and Sarikol ranges, which shut off China from Russia and India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

The Aryans appear to have been settled to the north of the Hindu Kush, and to have migrated south-eastwards about 1500 B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"

It has the Oxus on the north, and the Hindu Kush on the south, and has lofty mountains and fertile valleys; the chief town is Faizabad. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis

The surface on the north-east is covered with lofty ranges belonging to the Hindu Kush, whose heights are often 18,000 and sometimes reach perhaps 25,000 feet. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide

For years I was employed in exploring the region where three Empires meet, where the Himalaya, the Hindu Kush, and mountains which form the Roof of the World converge. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty

The conformation of the mountain districts, which comprise all the southern districts of Badakshan and the northern hills and valleys of Kafiristan, is undoubtedly analogous to that of the rest of the Hindu Kush westwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

Nair’s previous explorations, and to determine the conformation of the Hindu Kush. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"

Boundary with Afghánistán.—We must now return to our starting-point at the eastern extremity of the Hindu Kush, and trace the boundary with Afghánistán. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

"To this day the rulers of the Hindu Kush states, Hunza and Nagar, though now Mohammedans, are believed, by their subjects, to be able to command the elements." The Evolution of the Dragon

Late one afternoon the rescue party sent to their aid by General Pollock met them toiling along the dusty road on the other side of the Hindu Kush mountains. John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub

The Hindu Kush represents the southern edge of a great central upheaval or plateau. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

But they were on the march again betimes, next morning, breasting the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush, which at this point can be crossed without much difficulty. The Great Amulet

The Great Northern Rampart.—The huge mountain rampart which guards the northern frontier of India thrusts out in the north-west a great bastion whose outer walls are the Hindu Kush and the Muztagh-Karakoram ranges. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

"The very last, and of course he does his best to make away with himself by risking his precious life in Hindu Kush or Tibet or somewhere." The Half-Hearted

The Hindu Kush seems to have been the limit of his dominions but tradition ascribes to this period the joint colonization of Khotan from India and China. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3

Like the Kunduz, it probably drains the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush by deep lateral valleys, more or less parallel to the crest, reaching westwards towards the Khawak pass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

From it are derived the chief modern tongues of northern India, from the Vindhyas to the Hindu Kush. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain

Muztagh chain from the south-east, the Sarikol from the north-east, and the Hindu Kush from the south-west, meet at a point to the north of Hunza. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

The succeeding Devonian Period saw the whole Northern Himalayan area under the waters of the Tethys which, eastward, extended to Burma and China and, westward, covered Kashmir, the Hindu Kush and part of Afghanistan. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays

After eighteen years of constant fighting he had extended his frontiers to the Hindu Kush in the north, and nearly down to the latitude of Madras in the south. India, Old and New

Its chief affluent is the Minjan, which Sir George Robertson found to be a considerable stream where it approaches the Hindu Kush close under the Dorah. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

In the Oxus valley north of the Hindu Kush the period is extended to forty days. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family

But the finest mountain scenery in the Hindu Kush is in the great spurs it thrusts out southwards to flank the glens which feed the Gilgit and Chitrál rivers. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

The Ameer of Afghanistan also undertook to conduct the administration of Wakkhan, lying between the new boundary and the Hindu Kush, in return for an increase of his subsidy. Modern India

I showed him the passes in the Pamirs and the Hindu Kush. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Kabul is linked with Afghan Turkestan and Badakshan by three main lines of communication across the Koh-i-Baba and the Hindu Kush. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

Your latest book was entitled 'The Peoples of the Hindu Kush,' wasn't it? The Bronze Bell

West of the Dorah pass the general level of the Hindu Kush is a good deal lower than that of its eastern section. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

The avowed object was to ultimately secure the effectual command of the passes of the Hindu Kush. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War

Its altitude is 6,400 feet, and, within a short distance to the north, is overtopped by pinnacles of the Hindu Kush about 14,000 feet higher. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute

Iron ore is most abundant near the passes leading to Bamian, and in other parts of Hindu Kush. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

"Any man who knows India can't help being glad to meet the author of 'The Peoples of the Hindu Kush.'" The Bronze Bell

The volume of water is vastly increased by the union of the Kábul river, which brings down the whole drainage of the southern face of the Hindu Kush. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

The western end of this tumult of ground is formed by the peaks of the Hindu Kush, to the south of which is the scene of the story these pages contain. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War

The pass, at an elevation of 8,496 feet, is the only known defile over the Hindu Kush practicable for artillery. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute

The backbone or main water-divide of the Hindu Kush continues to form the boundary between Afghanistan and those semi-independent native states which fringe Kashmir in this mountain region, until it reaches Kafiristan. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

Flinch, and the Road runs straight to the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road

Beyond, right up to the main axis of the Hindu Kush, is Chitrál. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

He ascended, however, to the Dora Pass over the Hindu Kush Mountains, which he found to be a little over 14,000 feet in height, with an easy ascent, quite practicable for laden animals. Memoir of William Watts McNair

Within a hundred years after his death, his followers had invaded the countries of Asia as far as the Hindu Kush. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa)

Famous silver mines were formerly worked near the head of the Panjshir valley in Hindu Kush. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

"Over the passes to the foot of the Hindu Kush," he murmured; and in his mind's eye he saw the road—a broad, white, graded road—snake across the valleys and climb the cliffs. The Broken Road

The rest of the tribal territory between the Pesháwar district and the Hindu Kush is included in the Dír, Swát, and Chitrál political agency. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir

Their country consists of the long valleys extending from the Hindu Kush to the Kunar river, with many secluded glens descending to them, and intervening hills affording pasturage for their sheep and cattle. Memoir of William Watts McNair

The armies of Islam had carried the crescent throughout Asia west of the Hindu Kush, and through Africa and Southern Europe, to distant Spain and France, before they obtained a foothold in the Punjab. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa)

At Kabul the summer sun has great power, though the heat is tempered occasionally by cool breezes from the Hindu Kush, and the nights are usually cool. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

He was dreaming night and day of the Great Road through Chiltistan to the foot of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road

The Eurasian cordillera extends through the Hindu Kush, Caucasus, and Asia Minor ranges to southern Europe and the Alps. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America

Russia had advanced steadily from the Ural and the Caspian to the Hindu Kush and the Northern Pacific without once encountering serious resistance. Russia

"Perhaps one day on the other side of the Hindu Kush, the Russians may covet it—and then the Road will go on to meet them." The Broken Road

On the south this great band of roughly undulatine central plateau is bounded by the Koh-i-Baba, to the west of Kabul, and by the Hindu Kush to the north and north-east of that city. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28

Listen to this," and she began to recite: "The road will reach northwards, through Chiltistan, to the foot of the Baroghil Pass, in the mountains of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road

Over the passes to the foot of the Hindu Kush! The Broken Road

The Russians were not stirring behind the Hindu Kush or on the Pamirs. The Broken Road

Oh, man of one idea, in any case the Road will go on to the foot of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road

Linforth had done his best to hinder it, as Ralston had bidden him to do, but he had failed, and the Road would go on to the foot of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road

单词	Hindu Kush
例句	Hindu Kush Beyond the village, beyond the river and the streams, Laila saw foothills, bare and dusty brown, and, beyond those, as beyond everything else in Afghanistan, the snowcapped Hindu Kush. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Travelers on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean had to cross desert and the Hindu Kush, both formidable obstacles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After walking the 4,000-mile length of the Nile, the explorer Levison Wood decided to stroll through the Himalayas, from the Hindu Kush in western Afghanistan to Bhutan. Into the Wild: Three books celebrate the joys of life in nature 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The title refers to a Hindu Kush mountain pass where Soviet troops suffered devastating losses in a 1982 tunnel fire. 'The Americans' recap: Managing females is not so easy for Philip 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Many also come from far and wide to visit the lush Panjshir Valley, known for its quaint villages and endless mountains on the foothills of Hindu Kush. Vacations on the edge: The rise of the war tourism industry 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z A typical sentence from him reads, “I came back for his half term, traveling through the Hindu Kush mountains with some difficulty.” Books of The Times: Phantoms of the Mind, No Longer Shocking But No Less Haunting 2011-02-01T21:45:58Z Just as "a short walk" in the Hindu Kush was actually a gruelling many-hundred-mile trek, so Newby carefully understated his own ability. Eric Newby's other half 2011-04-05T08:00:04Z To the south, across the high passes of the Hindu Kush, the Kabul river valley leads down towards the Khyber pass and India. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z Dozens of times over the past 3,000 years, the plains and valleys around the foothills of the Hindu Kush have changed hands between Iranians, Greeks, Chinese, Scythians, Turks and Indians. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z An estimated 90,000+ glaciers of the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindu Kush mountains are currently at risk of reaching the tipping point, threatening the nearly 870 million people that rely on them. Report warns about risk tipping points with irreversible impacts on people and planet 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes - especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. Afghanistan earthquake: Race to rescue victims in Herat Province 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Hemmed in by mountains, Afghanistan has a history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Afghan earthquakes kill 2,053, Taliban say, as death toll spikes 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Afghanistan, hemmed in by mountains, has a long history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. FACTBOX Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes over the years 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Another big hotspot in Asia is the Himalayas, Tian Shan and Hindu Kush mountains, with the Alps also affected. Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains and scientists say that’s a problem 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The high altitudes and sharp peaks of the Hindu Kush Mountains mean that heavy rains barrel down through the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. After devastating floods in Pakistan, some have recovered but many are struggling a year later 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Scientists have struggled to assess how climate change is affecting the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100 - report 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z It says changes to the glaciers, snow and permafrost of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region driven by global warming are “unprecedented and largely irreversible.” Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming not controlled, study finds 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z An earthquake in the Hindu Kush killed 848 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Soviet Union. FACTBOX Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes over the years 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Jackson and her colleagues studied an area of approximately 1.6 million square miles that they call the Hindu Kush Himalaya, stretching from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east. Himalayan Glacier Loss Speeding Up, New Report Finds 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The two countries are bound by the Helmand River, the longest river in Afghanistan, which flows from the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountain range and feeds into wetlands along the country’s border with Iran. At Least Three Are Killed in Clashes on Iranian-Afghan Border 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z With this newfound understanding comes grave concern for the people living in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Himalayan glaciers on track to lose up to 75% of ice by 2100 - report 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Striking out across the Hindu Kush mountains accompanied only by his family and two hundred fighting men, he conquered the city of Kabul in Afghanistan. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In the fourth century BCE, Alexander the Great, his army, and his people came to what is today Afghanistan and the region of the Hindu Kush. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The ecosystems of the Hindu Kush Himalaya are similarly unprepared for the changes already underway. Himalayan Glacier Loss Speeding Up, New Report Finds 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z He also urged the Afghan Taliban to allow Iranian hydrologists to check the water levels of the river, which originates in the Afghan Hindu Kush mountain range. Iran warns Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers not to violate its water rights, over Helmand River 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z About 100 miles from Kabul, along a road that runs through the snowy folds of the Hindu Kush mountains, apricot and peach trees were frosted in ice during a recent visit by Times journalists. A Shepherd, a Cook, a Palace Chef: Making Food With Less Under the Taliban 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The tremor had a depth of 194 km and its epicentre was in the Hindu Kush mountain range, near the remote northern Afghan province of Badakhshan. Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits northern Afghanistan - EMSC 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z About 62 percent of them reside in High Mountain Asia, a region stretching from the Hindu Kush all the way to the eastern Himalayas. 15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Hailed as an engineering masterpiece on its completion in the 1960s by the Soviet Union, the major route through the Hindu Kush mountains is often shut for days because of accidents and avalanches. Salang tunnel: 19 killed, dozens injured in fire 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Two successive earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains in March 2002 killed more than 1,100 people. Why do so many devastating earthquakes happen in Afghanistan? 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z In March of 2002, at least 1,500 people were killed when a series of earthquakes with a magnitude between 5 and 6 struck northern Afghanistan, destroying a district capital in the Hindu Kush. Devastating Afghanistan Earthquake Leaves More Than 1,000 Dead 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Twin earthquakes in the Hindu Kush in March 2002 killed a total of 1,100. Factbox: FACTBOX Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Between 1990 and 2015, the researchers found, most published research on glacial lake outburst floods focused on North America, Iceland, and the Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains in Asia. 15 Million People Are at Risk from Bursting Glacial Lakes 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Mountainous Afghanistan and the larger region of South Asia along the Hindu Kush mountains, where the Indian tectonic plate collides with the Eurasian plate to the north, has long been vulnerable to devastating earthquakes. Eastern Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 255 people 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Nestled in the towering Hindu Kush, the Panjshir Valley has a single narrow entrance. Watchdog says Afghan Taliban detaining, torturing civilians 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z When Soviet troops poured over the Hindu Kush Mountains and into Afghanistan on Christmas Eve in 1979, they achieved initial success. In Putin’s Ukraine quagmire, echoes of Soviet failure in Afghanistan 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The country has a long history of earthquakes, many in the mountainous Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Factbox: FACTBOX Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z A wall of the highest mountains in the world—the Hindu Kush, Karakorum, and Himalayan ranges—separates this region from the rest of the Asian continent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, the country’s majestic mountains, an offshoot of the famed Hindu Kush range, stretch across the rugged terrain. Along Afghanistan’s ‘highway of death,’ the bombs are gone but suffering has deepened But he had his eyes on 2022, and, as a tour guide in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, he was building a life and career on snow. Afghan skiers, once chasing the Olympics, rebuild as refugees in Italy 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Nestled in the towering Hindu Kush mountains, the Panjshir Valley has a single narrow entrance. Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Earthquake in the rugged Hindu Kush killed 848 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Soviet Union. Factbox: FACTBOX Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Northern migrants may have made their way through the Khyber Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Saleh retreated to the Panjshir Valley in the Hindu Kush mountains last month to help lead the armed resistance to the Taliban. Hamid Karzai is back in the thick of Afghan politics but a long way from power 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Not even a decade ago, the snow-covered Hindu Kush mountains, located in the Bamian region and largely inhabited by the Hazara people, were mostly unexplored terrain. Afghan skiers, once chasing the Olympics, rebuild as refugees in Italy 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Nestled in the Hindu Kush mountains, it is filled with narrow ravines and rock formations that create a natural bulwark against invaders and a perfect environment for ambushes and guerrilla warfare. Anti-Taliban resistance fighters rely on grit, history and geography to hang onto a sliver of Afghanistan 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The sun had just begun to rise over the Hindu Kush Mountains when the Taliban disappeared from Kabul, the battered capital of Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z As Chapter 3 explains, the Aryans, a nomadic people from north of the Hindu Kush mountains, swept into the Indus Valley around 1500 B.C. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Afghanistan’s geography is a study of extreme hazard, from the glacier-peaked Hindu Kush mountains in the north to its melon farms in the west to the arid south, stung by dust storms. A New Breed of Crisis: War and Warming Collide in Afghanistan 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The Taliban say they have since retaken those areas, though neighboring Panjshir in the Hindu Kush mountains remains the only one of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces not under its control. Family: Taliban kills Afghan folk singer in restive province 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z “I was searching for the mountains,” she said, recalling the view of the majestic Hindu Kush that arriving passengers see as they descend to Kabul’s airport. 'We're losing the best': Afghanistan faces a massive brain drain as its people flee 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The elder Massoud built his formidable reputation by holding out against repeated Soviet offensives in the 1980s, using his wits and the high mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush to survive. Budding Resistance to the Taliban Faces Long Odds 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z In Baghlan province about 75 miles north of the Afghan capital, fighters calling themselves the “People’s Uprising” claimed to have seized three districts in the Andarab Valley, nestled in the towering Hindu Kush mountains. Anti-Taliban forces seize key territory signaling potential civil war to come 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z When they weren’t tackling the tough summits of the Hindu Kush, they trained on rock-climbing walls and yoga mats in Kabul and volunteered at schools and art centers. Opinion \| An Afghan female mountaineering team risked it all for their dreams. Now they’re stuck. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z In August last year, flooding in Charikar, a city on the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, in northern Afghanistan, killed at least 92 people and injured 108 others. At Least 80 Killed as Flash Floods Destroy Village in Afghanistan 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar, the Hindu Kush Himalayan region is a 2,000-mile long mountain range, home to the world's highest peaks. Border disputes threaten climate science in the Himalayas 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z A 2010 information page published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development called for more glacier monitoring in the Hindu Kush Himalayas to better understand “the real degree of glacial lake instability.” EXPLAINER: How glaciers can burst and send floods downstream 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z The next Friday, Khaibar turns up in Kabul, the Afghan capital, after another ten-hour-plus drive through stretches of Taliban country and a high pass over the Hindu Kush mountains that divide the country. Trouble lurks for Afghanistan’s beloved ‘goat grabbing’ national sport 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The Kalash are a group of about 4,000 people who live in the mountains of the Hindu Kush, where they practice an ancient polytheistic faith. Welcoming a New Year at an Ancient Festival in Pakistan 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Five years ago: A 7.5-magnitude quake in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan caused extensive damage in neighboring Pakistan and killed around 400 people. Today in History 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Driving up one of Kabul’s many steep hills, dotted with colourfully painted houses and surrounded by the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains, the Afghan capital looks just like any other day. Photographing poverty's pandemic: 'Afghans have learned to live with fear' 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z A polyglot Afghan native, he was a skilled bureaucratic operator with clout in the halls of Washington and the craggy peaks of the Hindu Kush. In coming bid for Afghan peace, U.S. envoy faces greatest challenge — and an unpredictable president 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The Hindu Kush Himalayan region extends across all or part of eight countries, from Afghanistan in the west to Myanmar in the east. Plant life 'expanding over the Himalayas' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Along with the social media message, the Duke of Cambridge shared a photo of himself taken by Middleton at a glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Prince William launches prestigious environmental prize to protect the planet in the next decade 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. Landslide kills 6 Afghans in Taliban-controlled district 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani military helicopter teams rescued six mountain climbers on Tuesday after an avalanche trapped them on a treacherous stretch of the Hindu Kush on the border with Afghanistan, officials said. Pakistani Military Rescues 6 Mountain Climbers Trapped by Avalanche 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z They took off from Uzbekistan and flew into northern Afghanistan, over the snow-capped mountains of the Hindu Kush. Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z It covered different locations in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, ranging from Myanmar in the east to Afghanistan in the west. Plant life 'expanding over the Himalayas' 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Almost 1,300 German soldiers are currently stationed in the Hindu Kush, north Afghanistan. Angela Merkel criticises US isolationism, urging 'win-win solutions' 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, as the report released Monday is known, is another reminder of the need to address climate change in real and meaningful ways. Editorials from around New York 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z One of the most complete studies on mountain warming, the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment was put together over five years by 210 authors. Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Climate change poses a growing threat to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, according to a new report. Warming threatens Himalayan glaciers 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The findings were published today in a 600-page report from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, or ICIMOD, an intergovernmental organization focused on environmental and social change in Hindu Kush Himalaya. World's "Third Pole" Is Melting Away 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z He carried an AK-47 assault rifle on patrols and fired at ghostlike insurgents attacking coalition troops in the Korengal, a valley that rips through the Hindu Kush like a viper in tall grass. Former interpreters for U.S. troops wait out the State Department — and the Taliban — as visas decline 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It encompasses the Himalaya–Hindu Kush mountain ranges and the Tibetan Plateau. Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment touches on the phenomenon of elevation-dependent warming. Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Automated software was used to track surface features on glaciers in 11 areas of High Mountain Asia, from Pamir and Hindu Kush in the West, to Nyainqêntanglha and inner Tibet and China in the East. Asia's glaciers put the brakes on 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z In Hindu Kush Himalaya, some places are likely to be more affected than others. World's "Third Pole" Is Melting Away 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “He doesn’t want American kids dying in the Hindu Kush while taxpayers underwrite it. America First means the opposite of isolationism—where it’s in our vital national security Trump wants allies—not protectorates.” In His Foreign Policy, Trump Values Action Over D.C.’s Caution 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z “We’re at war while America is at the mall,” some lance corporal muttered to another as they shivered against the winds rushing down the valleys in the Hindu Kush. Opinion \| The Warrior at the Mall 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z And stirred because despite the bone-rattling journey, the sight of the snowy peaks of the Hindu Kush is breathtakingly beautiful. Corruption at 13,000 feet: Afghanistan struggles to maintain a treacherous mountain trade route 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Then they hopped into old vans, Jack Keroaucs all, and set off for the Hindu Kush. Climbers Plan to Scale Deadly K2 Peak in Winter 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z For exactly 110 days, shadowed by memories of roadside bombs and mortar shelling in the Hindu Kush, Para directed his focus to Chico, studying her, talking to her, edging closer, sitting in her cage. Rescue bird sanctuary helps heal PTSD 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z We stayed for months, opening new passes, learning the language, and exploring the Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and Pamir. This Remote Pakistani Village Is Nothing Like You’d Expect Beg describes how he exchanges his sheep and goats for food - rice, cooking oil, salt - in the barter system that is the main form of financial transaction here in the shadow of the Hindu Kush. Peace but extreme poverty in isolated region of Afghanistan 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z If everything goes according to Salahi and the World Bank’s plan, the road over and through the Hindu Kush will be properly paved by 2022. Corruption at 13,000 feet: Afghanistan struggles to maintain a treacherous mountain trade route 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Beg describes how he exchanges his sheep and goats for food -- rice, cooking oil, salt-- in the barter system that is the main form of financial transaction here in the shadow of the Hindu Kush. Peace but extreme poverty in isolated region of Afghanistan 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The Kalash religion at one time flourished in the Hindu Kush region. A little-known Pakistani tribe that loves wine and whiskey fears its Muslim neighbors 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z But as in many other parts of the world, researchers say, Pakistan’s glaciers are receding, especially those at lower elevations, including here in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan has more glaciers than almost anywhere on Earth. But they are at risk. 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Over the following centuries the samosa made its way over the icy passes of the Hindu Kush and into the Indian subcontinent. The story of India as told by a humble street snack - BBC News 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Bamiyan means The Place of Shining Light, and there is indeed something quite out-of-the-ordinary about the clarity and sharp intensity of the light illuminating this hidden valley, hanging suspended in the Hindu Kush. Do writers’ photographs show a side of their character not revealed in their books? 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z SH: The Pakistani high command said go kill him, but for chrissake don’t leave a body, don’t arrest him, just tell them a week later that you killed him in Hindu Kush. Seymour Hersh spills the secrets of Bin Laden’s execution: “He was a prisoner of war. It was a hit” 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In the meantime, Zuercher continues to organize his ski race in the Hindu Kush. The race to bring Afghanistan to the Winter Olympics 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z He knows the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan; he keeps a house in the Hindu Kush. Summers in Sudan? Adventures in Afghanistan? Your Guide to Risky Travel 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The sturdy traditional construction of the Kalash homes helped them to survive the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the Hindu Kush on 26 October, although some have cracks that must be repaired before winter. As floods hit, Pakistan’s Kalasha people fear for their way of life 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z “We don’t want to fight in areas hit by the earthquake,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said by phone two days after a 7.5 temblor struck the remote Hindu Kush region in northeast Afghanistan. Taliban Offer Informal Cease-Fire in Areas Hit by Earthquake 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Pakistani surveillance aircraft were still surveying the damage across the affected region, which includes some of the most inaccessible parts of the Hindu Kush mountains. Rescue efforts underway in Afghanistan and Pakistan after strong quake kills more than 300 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z For the hundreds of spectators who walk for hours to watch the annual Afghan Ski Challenge in the remote Hindu Kush mountain range, the wrecks are the best part. The race to bring Afghanistan to the Winter Olympics 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Monday’s 7.5-magnitude quake was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan’s sparsely populated Badakhshan province, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China, the U.S. Rescue Work Expands in Quake-Hit Pakistan and Afghanistan 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z For Akram Hussain, unprecedented monsoon floods that drenched his Hindu Kush mountain valley this year were a danger to more than just homes and crops. As floods hit, Pakistan’s Kalasha people fear for their way of life 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z More than 260 people in northeast Afghanistan and northern Pakistan died Monday when a major temblor centered on the remote Hindu Kush mountain range shook the region. Why the Pakistan Quake Wasn't As Bad As Many Feared 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The quake in the Hindu Kush mountain range triggered landslides, destroyed buildings, and killed more than 100 people, and rescue workers are still assessing the damage. Cause of Afghan Quake Is a Deep Mystery 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z A major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday afternoon, cutting a swath of death and destruction in both countries. Powerful Earthquake Shakes Afghanistan, Pakistan 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The quake, which struck at 1:39 p.m. and registered a preliminary magnitude of 7.5, was centered in the Hindu Kush mountain range, about 160 miles northeast of Kabul. Afghanistan and Pakistan Hit by Huge Earthquake 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z David Rothery, professor of planetary geosciences at the Open University, said: Today’s earthquake in the Hindu Kush region of north-east Afghanistan was a result of the northward collision of India with central Asia. Pakistan and Afghanistan rocked by earthquake – as it happened 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z A powerful temblor shook Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday, killing more than 240 people in both countries as residents fled swaying buildings and hillsides collapsed across a wide stretch of the rugged Hindu Kush mountains. More than 240 dead as powerful quake rocks Afghanistan, Pakistan 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The Indian tectonic plate in the Hindu Kush region is not only colliding with and slipping under the Eurasian tectonic plate; it’s also contorted, pushed from the side into an S-shape like a ribbon candy. Cause of Afghan Quake Is a Deep Mystery 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The 7.5-magnitude quake was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan’s sparsely populated Badakhshan province, which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China, the U.S. Strong Afghan Earthquake Felt Across South Asia 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range where the quake was centred. Big Quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan Kills Over 200 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z David Rothery, professor of planetary geosciences at the Open University, said: Today’s earthquake in the Hindu Kush region of north-east Afghanistan was a result of the northward collision of India with central Asia. Pakistan and Afghanistan rocked by earthquake – as it happened 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z It is named for the abominable snowman, the Bigfoot said to haunt the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush — a myth whose legend eclipses its reality. From Proud Skoda Owner to Chump Duped by VW 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The Khans came from the Swat Valley, a fertile corridor amid the mountains of the Hindu Kush. The Imam’s Curse 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The two new videos were released by al-Qaeda's media arm As-Sahab, literally meaning "in the clouds," an allusion to the jihadi symbolism that al-Qaeda's core base operates in the mountains of the Hindu Kush. Al-Qaeda's Emir Strikes Back 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The province is in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges. World Digest: April 28, 2015 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z This attitude did not sit well with a United States that was sending its sons and daughters to fight and sometimes die in the Hindu Kush, while also turning Afghanistan into America's largest aid recipient. Viewpoint: A clean Afghanistan slate 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Yet once at the airfield, he was surprised by an overwhelming view of the Hindu Kush, a mountain never shy of military presence that’s deeply intertwined with the country’s wobbly history. Inside Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z A century on, as conflicts spread from the Atlantic seaboard of Africa to the distant reaches of the Hindu Kush, the parallels with 1914 may not end there. War Reshapes the World Once Again 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, hundreds of thousands of tourists traveled each year to Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan district, where the Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountain ranges meet. One year after shocking terrorist attack, Pakistan’s peaks bereft of foreign climbers Badakhshan province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. Police say Taliban kidnap 27 Afghan officers 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z “People think bin Laden is hiding in the Hindu Kush, but did you know that every day from 4 to 5 he hosts a show on C-SPAN?” Comedian-in-Chief Barack Obama Hosts White House Dinner 2014-05-04T03:55:19Z Badakshan province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. Afghan Official Says 2,000 Missing After Landslide 2014-05-02T15:09:57Z The steep valley in the Hindu Kush mountain range is also famous for the dogged resistance of its inhabitants against the Soviet occupation of the 1980s. Taliban claim deadly Afghan bombing 2014-05-01T16:36:01Z Thursday's rally was Abdullah's first in his heartland - valleys dominated by the snowy peaks of the Hindu Kush mountains and home to many Tajiks, Afghanistan's second largest ethnic group. Afghan presidential hopeful Abdullah warns supporters over fraud 2014-03-20T14:58:25Z In the back room, employees sell strains of weed like Hindu Kush, Green Candy and L.A. Christian Pot Dispensary Takes on the IRS 2014-02-26T10:50:22Z It's already approaching midday, and the towering mountains of the Hindu Kush range shut off the winter sunlight from most of Chitral's 34 branch valleys after 4pm. Frozen travellers trapped by unfinished tunnel 2014-02-02T22:04:48Z Hindu Kush is a 3,500-kilometre mountain chain that spans eight countries — from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Floods spur mountain study 2013-09-04T17:20:19.123Z However, to tell Soliev’s story we must briefly return south, back across the Hindu Kush, into Afghanistan. Silicon Kush 2013-04-18T21:01:38Z Their overall mood matched wintertime Kabul’s gray, pockmarked setting, inverted polluted cold air, and trapped below the Hindu Kush’s snowy peaks. America Folds 2013-01-16T09:45:00Z Clement also faces a charge of laying a horse that he owned at the time, Hindu Kush. Jockey Eddie Ahern among six facing long bans over corruption charges 2012-12-19T13:35:11Z Glaciers in the province's Koh-e Baba mountains, the western end of the Hindu Kush, recede further each year. Protecting Afghanistan’s environment and tourist future 2012-10-23T23:08:49Z This is the real challenge the U.S. faces in the region that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Hindu Kush. The Middle East: Old Borders, New Realities 2012-09-27T13:35:36Z Soliev traded his BMW for his wife’s more modest sedan and drove through the mountain passes of the Hindu Kush to Kabul. Silicon Kush 2013-04-18T21:01:38Z The mountains of the Hindu Kush separate northern Afghanistan, populated by Tajiks and Uzbeks, from southern and eastern Afghanistan, populated by Pushtuns. Geography Strikes Back 2012-09-08T00:46:38Z As we approach the foothills of the Hindu Kush, driving along the Ghorband river, the valley looks serene. Taliban stronghold two hours from Kabul 2012-08-11T00:42:29Z Violence also struck in Upper Dir, on the edge of the Hindu Kush mountains, where four people were killed in what the police described as a roadside bombing. Suicide Bomb Kills Several in Pakistan Tribal Area 2012-07-21T17:29:21Z An earthquake measuring a magnitude 5.4 struck the Hindu Kush region on Monday morning, followed by a 5.7 quake, the United States Geological Survey said. \| Asia: Afghanistan: Village Buried 2012-06-12T02:34:01Z The houses were destroyed when part of a mountain in the Hindu Kush range fell into a valley. Houses destroyed in Afghan quakes 2012-06-11T10:45:10Z The spiked peaks of the Hindu Kush form a formidable palisade, although an insurgent attack on the Afghan border last year jangled nerves. Formidable Pakistan School Losing Its Founder 2012-06-08T18:16:11Z For six decades, India was “very much engaged” in Afghanistan, working on everything from building tunnels through the mountains of the Hindu Kush to education and health programs. India Ink: Can India 'Fix' Afghanistan? 2012-06-07T05:26:19Z The sun was about to rise over the Hindu Kush peaks surrounding Kabul when we hit the road to Jegdalek. The plunder of Afghanistan's fabulous ruby mines 2012-05-26T01:39:45Z Beyond the Indus, to the north-west, the region of mountain ranges which stretches to a junction with the Hindu Kush south of the Pamirs, is usually known as Trans-Himalaya. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z As the river is here the northern boundary of Afghanistan, and the crest of the Hindu Kush the southern boundary, this distance represents the width of the Afghan kingdom at that point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z But it’s not clear we’re about to see the party’s leaders start calling for a rapid exit from the Hindu Kush. Republicans Stay to Obama's Right on Afghanistan 2012-03-18T06:05:26Z It was agreed that rather than risk flying over the 20,000-foot Hindu Kush at night in midwinter, we should wait until the next day. Remembering a Con Artist and a Military Wannabe 2012-02-04T18:05:22Z Further to the east, where the edge rises to the lofty Hindu Kush, there lies on its northern slope a favoured district in the region of the Upper Oxus. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z After this he revisited Syria and Asia Minor, and crossed the Black sea, the desert from Astrakhan to Bokhara, and the Hindu Kush. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The Hindu Kush, formidable as it seems, and often as it has been the limit between petty states, has hardly ever been the boundary of a considerable power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The notion of shrinking the military at a time of crisis from the Maghreb to the Hindu Kush might appear ill-timed. Letter From Europe: Amid Triumph in Libya, War Lingers for Britain in Afghanistan 2011-09-02T12:50:09Z At first this authority was real and powerful: the Khalif appointed the governors of all the provinces, from Spain to the borders of the Hindu Kush, and removed any of them at his pleasure. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z The air on these north-western terraces of the Hindu Kush is warm, and the soil sufficiently vigorous, under irrigation, to produce rice and southern fruits. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z "A great number of people are potentially in danger should the lakes classified as dangerous in the Hindu Kush Himalayas drain," says another report by the UNEP. Quake risk 2011-05-16T01:27:07Z Authorities.—Information about the Hindu Kush and Chitral is now comparatively exact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z For years since the 9/11 attacks, bin Laden was believed to be hiding in caves in the Hindu Kush mountains. Pakistani villagers bemused by hunt for bin Laden's trail 2011-05-08T11:45:40Z Prior to their destruction the Buddhas, which were carved into a mountainside in the heart of the Hindu Kush mountains, were among Asia's great archaeological treasures. In pictures 2011-03-09T00:54:36Z The inhabitants of the southern slope of the Hindu Kush are known to the Greeks as Paropanisadæ. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z In his time the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom lost the countries north of the Hindu Kush. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Physiography.—For the first 100 m. of its length the Hindu Kush is a comparatively flat-backed range of considerable width, permitting the formation of small lakes on the crest, and possessing no considerable peaks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Baghlan Province is just north of the towering Hindu Kush mountains, along vital highways that connect Kabul to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. At War: A Silver Star Recipient's Heroism and Humility 2011-02-21T14:17:46Z It is hard to identify any silver lining in the storm clouds darkening the Hindu Kush. Death toll in Brazil slides exceeds 400 and still growing 2011-01-13T18:21:00Z The same is true for governments of neighboring countries known for their interference and influence-seeking in the Hindu Kush. Afghan officials say Taliban commander killed 2010-12-31T15:40:00Z The difference, fundamentally, is a question of American power in the Balkans in 1995, compared with American power in the Hindu Kush in 2010. Richard Holbrooke in Afghanistan: A Far Cry from Bosnia 2010-12-16T15:45:00Z As the Hindu Kush gradually recedes from the Ab-i-Panja and turns south-westwards it gains in altitude, and we find prominent peaks on the crest which measure more than 24,000 ft. above sea-level. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z From Belfast to the Hindu Kush, conflict zones abound where the only credible interlocutors in a peace process happen to be rebel leaders or warlords. International justice: In the dock, but for what? 2010-11-25T10:47:00Z Hiking over a pass in the Hindu Kush was a lesser challenge for him; he once trekked halfway up Mount Everest to provide dental care to a Buddhist monastery, friends said. 10 Killed in Afghanistan Worked for U.S. Aid Group 2010-08-09T02:01:00Z They stopped at a local restaurant for lunch in the rugged Sharron Valley of the Hindu Kush mountain range in Badakhshan. Taliban Kill 10 on Aid Trip in Afghanistan 2010-08-07T16:37:00Z The soldiers of Baker Company stood somberly in formation, framed by the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains. Honoring the service of soldiers who commit suicide 2010-07-18T04:00:00Z About this point it is geographically correct to place the southern extremity of the Hindu Kush, for here commences the Koh-i-Baba system into which the Hindu Kush is merged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z From late March until mid-April, the battalion moved in waves through Germany, Kyrgyzstan and Kuwait to a small airstrip in Kunduz, about 150 miles north of Kabul across the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range. A Year at War: One Battalion?s Wrenching Deployment to Afghanistan 2010-06-27T02:03:00Z Or consider a cord to connect your laptop to a TV to let you watch DVDs in your hotel room — the perfect way to end a long day of exploring the Hindu Kush. Packing the Right Gadgets for a Trip 2010-06-23T22:41:00Z U.S. officials say it is well-suited for navigating the altitudes of the Hindu Kush mountains, as well as Afghanistan's desert terrain. U.S. military criticized for purchase of Russian copters for Afghan air corps 2010-06-19T04:00:00Z They are the politically dominant ethnic group who live, mostly, in the lands between the Hindu Kush mountains and the 1,200-mile border with Pakistan. Into Kandahar, Yesterday and Tomorrow 2010-05-22T21:05:00Z The Antonov civilian plane was en route from the northern city of Kunduz to Kabul when it crashed in the mountainous Hindu Kush area, about three hour's drive from the capital. Afghan police find bodies at plane crash site 2010-05-21T11:03:00Z The Salang Pass is a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains connecting Kabul to the north of the country. Search resumes for Afghan plane 2010-05-18T07:58:00Z Planes normally cross the mountainous Hindu Kush region on this route. Air Plane Crashes With 38 Passengers in Afghanistan 2010-05-17T10:20:00Z The Salang Pass is a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains connecting the capital, Kabul, to the north of the country. Afghan passenger plane 'crashes' 2010-05-17T10:28:00Z All of that represents a traverse from the Kandahar I returned to in 1996, the year the Taliban completed their sweep of all of Afghanistan south of the Hindu Kush. Into Kandahar, Yesterday and Tomorrow 2010-05-22T21:05:00Z In 2002, at least 1,500 people were killed when a series of quakes of between magnitude 5 and 6 struck northern Baghlan province in the Hindu Kush mountains, destroying the district capital of Nahrin. Quake hits central Afghanistan, at least 7 killed 2010-04-19T07:22:00Z A former British soldier turned-intrepid BBC cameraman, Juvenal's fascination with Afghanistan dates back to the 1980s when he accompanied the mujaheddin fighters trekking over the Hindu Kush to fight the Soviets. Kabul Nightlife: Thriving in Between Suicide Bombs 2010-04-13T17:10:00Z Guinea-Bissau and its neighbors offer to South American drug traffickers what the impenetrable terrain of the Hindu Kush offers to and the — a place beyond the reach of law. Africa?s Drug Problem 2010-04-09T17:58:00Z The Kazakhs' special operation in the Hindu Kush took only five days, but it was nonetheless dangerous, says Mr Ilynski. 2009-12-27T17:47:00Z The extent of Asoka’s dominion included all India from the thirteenth degree of latitude up to the Himalayas, Nepal, Kashmir, the Swat valley, Afghanistan as far as the Hindu Kush, Sind and Baluchistan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Bam�ian, a valley and pass of Afghanistan, the latter at an elevation of 8496 feet, the only known pass over the Hindu Kush for artillery and heavy transport. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Afghanistan consists chiefly of lofty, bare, uninhabited tablelands, sandy barren plains, ranges of snow-covered mountains, offsets of the Hindu Kush or the Him�laya, and deep ravines and valleys. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Upper Devonian rocks are recorded from Persia, and from the Hindu Kush on the right bank of the Chitral river. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" From the Dorah eastwards the crest of the Hindu Kush again becomes the boundary till it effects a junction with the Muztagh and Sarikol ranges, which shut off China from Russia and India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The Aryans appear to have been settled to the north of the Hindu Kush, and to have migrated south-eastwards about 1500 B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It has the Oxus on the north, and the Hindu Kush on the south, and has lofty mountains and fertile valleys; the chief town is Faizabad. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The surface on the north-east is covered with lofty ranges belonging to the Hindu Kush, whose heights are often 18,000 and sometimes reach perhaps 25,000 feet. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide For years I was employed in exploring the region where three Empires meet, where the Himalaya, the Hindu Kush, and mountains which form the Roof of the World converge. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty The conformation of the mountain districts, which comprise all the southern districts of Badakshan and the northern hills and valleys of Kafiristan, is undoubtedly analogous to that of the rest of the Hindu Kush westwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Nair’s previous explorations, and to determine the conformation of the Hindu Kush. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Boundary with Afghánistán.—We must now return to our starting-point at the eastern extremity of the Hindu Kush, and trace the boundary with Afghánistán. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir "To this day the rulers of the Hindu Kush states, Hunza and Nagar, though now Mohammedans, are believed, by their subjects, to be able to command the elements." The Evolution of the Dragon Late one afternoon the rescue party sent to their aid by General Pollock met them toiling along the dusty road on the other side of the Hindu Kush mountains. John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub The Hindu Kush represents the southern edge of a great central upheaval or plateau. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" But they were on the march again betimes, next morning, breasting the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush, which at this point can be crossed without much difficulty. The Great Amulet The Great Northern Rampart.—The huge mountain rampart which guards the northern frontier of India thrusts out in the north-west a great bastion whose outer walls are the Hindu Kush and the Muztagh-Karakoram ranges. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir "The very last, and of course he does his best to make away with himself by risking his precious life in Hindu Kush or Tibet or somewhere." The Half-Hearted The Hindu Kush seems to have been the limit of his dominions but tradition ascribes to this period the joint colonization of Khotan from India and China. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Like the Kunduz, it probably drains the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush by deep lateral valleys, more or less parallel to the crest, reaching westwards towards the Khawak pass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" From it are derived the chief modern tongues of northern India, from the Vindhyas to the Hindu Kush. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Muztagh chain from the south-east, the Sarikol from the north-east, and the Hindu Kush from the south-west, meet at a point to the north of Hunza. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The succeeding Devonian Period saw the whole Northern Himalayan area under the waters of the Tethys which, eastward, extended to Burma and China and, westward, covered Kashmir, the Hindu Kush and part of Afghanistan. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays After eighteen years of constant fighting he had extended his frontiers to the Hindu Kush in the north, and nearly down to the latitude of Madras in the south. India, Old and New Its chief affluent is the Minjan, which Sir George Robertson found to be a considerable stream where it approaches the Hindu Kush close under the Dorah. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In the Oxus valley north of the Hindu Kush the period is extended to forty days. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family But the finest mountain scenery in the Hindu Kush is in the great spurs it thrusts out southwards to flank the glens which feed the Gilgit and Chitrál rivers. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The Ameer of Afghanistan also undertook to conduct the administration of Wakkhan, lying between the new boundary and the Hindu Kush, in return for an increase of his subsidy. Modern India I showed him the passes in the Pamirs and the Hindu Kush. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Kabul is linked with Afghan Turkestan and Badakshan by three main lines of communication across the Koh-i-Baba and the Hindu Kush. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Your latest book was entitled 'The Peoples of the Hindu Kush,' wasn't it? The Bronze Bell West of the Dorah pass the general level of the Hindu Kush is a good deal lower than that of its eastern section. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The avowed object was to ultimately secure the effectual command of the passes of the Hindu Kush. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Its altitude is 6,400 feet, and, within a short distance to the north, is overtopped by pinnacles of the Hindu Kush about 14,000 feet higher. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute Iron ore is most abundant near the passes leading to Bamian, and in other parts of Hindu Kush. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "Any man who knows India can't help being glad to meet the author of 'The Peoples of the Hindu Kush.'" The Bronze Bell The volume of water is vastly increased by the union of the Kábul river, which brings down the whole drainage of the southern face of the Hindu Kush. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The western end of this tumult of ground is formed by the peaks of the Hindu Kush, to the south of which is the scene of the story these pages contain. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War The pass, at an elevation of 8,496 feet, is the only known defile over the Hindu Kush practicable for artillery. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute The backbone or main water-divide of the Hindu Kush continues to form the boundary between Afghanistan and those semi-independent native states which fringe Kashmir in this mountain region, until it reaches Kafiristan. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Flinch, and the Road runs straight to the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road Beyond, right up to the main axis of the Hindu Kush, is Chitrál. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir He ascended, however, to the Dora Pass over the Hindu Kush Mountains, which he found to be a little over 14,000 feet in height, with an easy ascent, quite practicable for laden animals. Memoir of William Watts McNair Within a hundred years after his death, his followers had invaded the countries of Asia as far as the Hindu Kush. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) Famous silver mines were formerly worked near the head of the Panjshir valley in Hindu Kush. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 "Over the passes to the foot of the Hindu Kush," he murmured; and in his mind's eye he saw the road—a broad, white, graded road—snake across the valleys and climb the cliffs. The Broken Road The rest of the tribal territory between the Pesháwar district and the Hindu Kush is included in the Dír, Swát, and Chitrál political agency. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir Their country consists of the long valleys extending from the Hindu Kush to the Kunar river, with many secluded glens descending to them, and intervening hills affording pasturage for their sheep and cattle. Memoir of William Watts McNair The armies of Islam had carried the crescent throughout Asia west of the Hindu Kush, and through Africa and Southern Europe, to distant Spain and France, before they obtained a foothold in the Punjab. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) At Kabul the summer sun has great power, though the heat is tempered occasionally by cool breezes from the Hindu Kush, and the nights are usually cool. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He was dreaming night and day of the Great Road through Chiltistan to the foot of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road The Eurasian cordillera extends through the Hindu Kush, Caucasus, and Asia Minor ranges to southern Europe and the Alps. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Russia had advanced steadily from the Ural and the Caspian to the Hindu Kush and the Northern Pacific without once encountering serious resistance. Russia "Perhaps one day on the other side of the Hindu Kush, the Russians may covet it—and then the Road will go on to meet them." The Broken Road On the south this great band of roughly undulatine central plateau is bounded by the Koh-i-Baba, to the west of Kabul, and by the Hindu Kush to the north and north-east of that city. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Listen to this," and she began to recite: "The road will reach northwards, through Chiltistan, to the foot of the Baroghil Pass, in the mountains of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road Over the passes to the foot of the Hindu Kush! The Broken Road The Russians were not stirring behind the Hindu Kush or on the Pamirs. The Broken Road Oh, man of one idea, in any case the Road will go on to the foot of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road Linforth had done his best to hinder it, as Ralston had bidden him to do, but he had failed, and the Road would go on to the foot of the Hindu Kush. The Broken Road
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