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The Kalash people, in the Hindu Kush area of Pakistan. A small non-Muslim tribe, the Kalash claim to be descendants of Alexander the Great, and have their own distinct religion, laws, and culture. These girls are wearing traditional black dresses and round headdresses decorated with beads and shells.
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Mountain villages in the Hindu Kush, Pakistan. These isolated villages have existed almost unchanged for hundreds of years, and their inhabitants subsist on the yield of their livestock and crops.
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Mountain scenery in the Hindu Kush. This mountain range stretches across Afghanistan and into Pakistan. This area is renowned for its austere but majestic beauty. The Hindu Kush is sparsely populated and the inhabitants of the region's scattered villages are subsistence farmers.

Mountain range in central Asia, length 800 km/500 mi, greatest height Tirich Mir, 7,690 m/25,239 ft, in Pakistan. The narrow Khyber Pass (53 km/33 mi long) connects Pakistan with Afghanistan and was used by Babur and other invaders of India. The present road was built by the British in the Afghan Wars (1838-42 and 1878-80).


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Standing in front of a dry-erase board that listed various types of marijuana -- Indica, Sativa, Hindu Kush -- Frye defended his business.
In early July, he and I attended a polo festival (not together) in the Hindu Kush Mountains.
Taylor of Environment & Climate News points to the work of researchers from England's Newcastle University who studied glaciers in the Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and Western Himalaya mountains.
 
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