With my host in Pachansok village

Following the footsteps of the Norwegians up to the base camp of Tirich Mir 7,708 metres in Hindu Kush

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March 7th 2016
Hindu Kush is a mighty mountain range stretching out for hundred of miles into Afghanistan and Pakistan, and having dozen of peaks rising above seven thousand metres, has been lured adventure-seekers since long. Its tallest mountain, Tirich Mir 7,708 metres, is the most easterly peak in the range, lies between the Chitral and Oxus rivers. It's a giant, soaring precipitously to daunting heights, ki ... read more

Asia » Pakistan » Khyber Pakhtunkhwa » Chitral

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The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more