The secretary Archaeology and Culture, Amjad Nazir, also highlighted the geographical significance of Hindu Kush and said it was a major mountain system of Central Asia, which extended southwards ...

Sitting in the foothills of the Hindu Kush ... the mountains, but even to those living downstream. In view of its importance, the International Mountain Day this year was marked to highlight ...

A water shortage is feared due to alarming low levels of snow in Himalayas and the Hindu Kush mountains which could threaten water security for hundreds of millions in the region, a new reported ...

The Hindu Kush mountain range — which stretches about 500 miles (800 kilometers) along the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan — shudders with more than 100 earthquakes at a magnitude of 4.0 or ...

Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan and particularly in the Hindu Kush. The mountain range lies near the boundary of the Eurasian and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, where the greatest continental ...

In Afghanistan's Panjshir Province, former police officers and soldiers scrape together a living by digging emeralds out of the frigid Hindu Kush Mountains. The gem-rich Hindu Kush Mountains flank ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. -- How is piloting a helicopter at high altitudes in places such as the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan different from flying one around Fort Drum? More than 100 aviators ...