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    A holiday in Afghanistan?  Jun 7, 2011
    Panjshir, around 130 kilometres northeast of the capital Kabul, is dominated by the snow-capped mountains of the Hindu Kush, plunging valleys and a fast-flowing river which snakes through the middle. It is also one of Afghanistan's most peaceful areas. (iAfrica.com)

    Report: The Global War on Drugs Has Failed. Is It Time to Legalize?  Jun 4, 2011
    The global war against drugs is fought seemingly every day in the jungles of Colombia and the mountains of the Hindu Kush, the inner cities of the U.S. and the trafficking corridors of Central America. But, according to a new report, it's an abject disaster. (Time.com)

    On Memorial Day, a SEAL's family remembers  May 27, 2011
    This mission was to rescue a reconnaissance SEAL team that had been ambushed by Taliban fighters high in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range. The four-man team, Axelson among them, had been tracking a Taliban leader and was trapped on a ridge under intense fire. (USA Today -- News)

    Terrain hinders 101st in ensuring Afghan security  May 21, 2011
    Fighting there escalated as the 1st Brigade Combat Team pushed over the winter to rout insurgents from the foothills and valleys of Hindu Kush mountain range. Now as the brigade has finished its deployment and returned to Fort Campbell, Ky. (FOX19.com, OH)

    Marine air crews battled insurgents, terrain in Afghanistan  May 19, 2011
    The air density 10,000 feet above the Hindu Kush mountains reduced payloads by half and the weather went from crummy to crummier, ODonnell recalled. But the wing still managed to keep the Marines supplied with beans, bullets and band-aids and water, lots of water, he said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Pearl commando gives name to ship  May 6, 2011
    Murphy, 29, from Patchogue, N.Y., was one of 19 U.S. military personnel killed in the Hindu Kush mountains of eastern Afghanistan three in a firefight with the enemy and 16 on a helicopter shot down as it flew in to aid Murphy's unit. Five of the SEALs 00004000 killed, including Murphy, were with SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One based at Pearl City Peninsula. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Fear of tech helped betray Osama bin Laden  May 4, 2011
    After the firefight that killed Osama bin Laden, the US used "multiple ... 2 May In the early hours of Monday, Sohaib Athar reported on Twitter that a ... Top Technology articles Story Tools SMH Jobs More Related Coverage Video Hillary Clinton says cooperation between the US and Pakistan helped lead them to Osama bin Laden while Kevin Rudd reaffirms Australia's commitment to the fight on terrorism. 3 May Computer security experts have warned that online scammers may seek to exploit the death of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    More »  May 3, 2011
    The town "is scenic and surrounded by the low mountains or foothills of the Hindu Kush. The air is clean, it's picturesque, and the whole area is the beginning of what Pakistanis think of as a kind of vacation land stretching north into Kashmir and west over the Indus River into the Swat Valley."All of that area is a kind of scenic heartland of Pakistan, and Abbottabad is kind of a gateway to that region. "Published May 2, 2011 Bin Laden's Bed?Photograph from ABC News/APNow bloodstained, this... (National Geographic)

    DNA test proves bin Laden death: officials  May 3, 2011
    Osama bin Laden ensconced in a mansion in Abbottabad, a pretty town of learning snuggled in an idyllic valley about 1260 metres up in the foothills of the juncture of the Hindu Kush and Himalaya mountains in the northern Hazara region of Pakistan. HIS end came not in the remote mountains of Afghanistan but in a fortified three-storey compound with five-metre high walls topped with barbed wire, not far from the Pakistan capital. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Osama's al-Qaeda ready for a fight  May 2, 2011
    After a prolonged lull, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a series of covert operations in the rugged Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan following strong tip-offs that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been criss-crossing the area in the past few weeks for high-profile meetings in militant redoubts. ( March 25. (Asia Times Online)

    Bin Laden sets alarm bells ringing  Mar 25, 2011
    ISLAMABAD - After a prolonged lull, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a series of covert operations in the rugged Hindu Kush mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan following strong tip-offs that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been criss-crossing the area in the past few weeks for high-profile meetings in militant redoubts ... Bin Laden's meeting with Hekmatyar and other militant commanders in the Hindu Kush can be seen as a part of this new war in which... (Asia Times Online)

    On Pakistan slope, skiers reclaim former war zone  Mar 9, 2011
    Finally, from a height of nearly 9,000 feet, I was able to take in the full view of waves of mountains in the Hindu Kush and Karakoram ranges. Farther north, Pakistan has some of the world's tallest peaks, including K-2, but is too poor to have much skiing infrastructure. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Face of Defense: Mortarman Shares Close Calls  Dec 23, 2010
    Maybe thats because waiting for the enemy to attack in a hastily built fighting position in the Hindu Kush Mountains makes everybody whisper, or maybe its because he just doesn't get that excited anymore. Whatever the reason, Wood rarely raises his voice when asked about his three combat tours during his seven years in the Army. (DOD DefenseLINK)

    Holbrooke knewthe way forward  Dec 14, 2010
    From the Indian viewpoint, his trajectory in the search for peace in Afghanistan might appear highly hazardous, but that is because of the blinkers our guys wear in not perceiving early enough that the Taliban are an irreplaceable fixture in any viable architecture in the Hindu Kush mountains ... But as any gifted diplomat would know, he knew diplomacy begins first at home - in winning the turf wars in the corridors of power in Washington and getting the power centers to come to the difficult... (Asia Times Online)

    Afghan reflections  Oct 8, 2010
    It is a journey I first made two years ago, winding up from the capital through the steep valleys of Parwan, where hills give way to the mountains of the mighty Hindu Kush. Afghanistan is a land of great journeys and this is one of its most spectacular. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    American Soldiers Ambushed in Dramatic Video  Sep 18, 2010
    ler, de dire au monde qu'ils sont les plus forts, donc il faut faire avec, ces jeunes soldats paient, c'est logique,on ne fait pas d'omelettes sans casser des "oeufs, ceci dit c'est malheureux quand meme, ils faut esp?rer que la situation s'am?liore en afghanistan, pour qu'enfin ces jeunes soldats reviennent chez eux, sans pour autant oublier les civils qui meurent..au revoir by johnny465 September 18, 2010 1:41 AM EDT Americans love war killing men women and children by wdh3007 September 18,... (CBS News -- Politics)

    Mission Afghanistan: Guarding important trade route  Sep 9, 2010
    The soldiers faced a wet, three-hour convoy to the Salang Tunnel on a winding, steep road through the Hindu Kush Mountains. The unannounced trip was to ensure that Afghan nationals hired to guard the Salang Tunnel are doing their jobs. (WCAX.com, VT)

    Humanitarian leaves legacy in the hills of Afghanistan  Sep 1, 2010
    There are mountain ridges yet to be tramped, even if they are not the Hindu Kush. There are high passes to be threaded even if not the Khyber. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Asia's glaciers retreating, could signal crop failure  Aug 26, 2010
    In Afghanistan, the more than 3,000 small mountain glaciers that occur in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountains provide vital water resources to the region. The report is the ninth in the series of 11 volumes to be published as the. (USA Today -- Tech)

    On the Afghan Frontlines with Gen. Petraeus  Aug 20, 2010
    " MMX, CBS Interactive Inc.. All Rights Reserved. More From CBS Evening News Video Video 1 by bamio August 20, 2010 1:56 AM EDT Oh Petraeus,he's the one who DIDN'T have the nutz to stand up to Obamie!!! The one who did got fired. by Brian5013MS August 20, 2010 2:00 AM EDT General McCrystal stood up to Obama and got fired, yes. Sad. by Brian5013MS August 20, 2010 2:50 AM EDT General McCrystal stood up to Obama and got fired, yes. Sad. by Brian5013MS August 20, 2010 1:48 AM EDT It might be just... (CBS News -- Evening News)

    Mission Afghanistan: Part 1  Aug 17, 2010
    The meeting wraps up as the sun rises over the Hindu Kush Mountains -- nick-named the small Himalayas. A good portion of the route to Charikar is paved. (WCAX.com, VT)

    FBI probes medic murders  Aug 10, 2010
    Saifullah said the team had set out by car, then trekked 161 kilometres through the Hindu Kush mountains in eastern Nuristan province to dispense medical care to remote communities. They were escorted by local residents, he said. (iAfrica.com)

    A Persian message for Obama  Jul 31, 2010
    " (Emphasis added.) However, sometimes it is perceptions rather than facts that matter and besides, the Afghan war is not a matter of debate within the US alone; rather, this war also concerns the people of Afghanistan. The perceptions drawn by the Afghan people from the WikiLeaks are likely to be extremely unsavory, to say the least. To be sure, Afghans will be laughing their guts out at how a bumbling superpower has been had by the smart Pakistani generals. It is important that the meeting... (Asia Times Online)

    Ill-wind blows for a 'neutral' Afghanistan  Jul 24, 2010
    Maybe there is an air about the brooding Hindu Kush mountains that lends inscrutability to politics and history ... NATO seems to have fallen for the adrenalin rush of the primeval tumult that people of the Hindu Kush live with and ... How would the countries in the region size up the startling prospect that the US and NATO are possibly quitting the Afghan war by 2014 and yet preparing to settle down for a long stay in the Hindu Kush. (Asia Times Online)

    Unlikely tutor gives advice to military  Jul 18, 2010
    Last summer, Mullen attended the opening of one of Mortenson s schools in Pushghar, a remote village in Afghanistan s Hindu Kush mountains. Mortenson who for a time lived out of his car in Berkeley, Calif. (Boston Globe)

    'A Friend of Mine Died in Afghanistan'  Jul 4, 2010
    It's here, in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, near the Arghendahb, in a place called Zhari, that my friend died. Sgt. James Hunter had a simple job this day. (ABC News)

    Forces Kill Taliban, Haqqani Leaders  Jun 24, 2010
    The Haqqani network is attempting to establish strongholds in the Khost-Gardez Pass in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Paktia and Khost provinces, officials said. Large numbers of foreign fighters remain interspersed in the ranks of the Taliban and Haqqani networks, and the area is used by insurgent groups to move supplies and foreign fighters into Afghanistan from Pakistan, they added. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)

    Indian airplane wrecks in Mangalore  May 23, 2010
    Seventy rescue workers were searching on the ground as dense fog covered the area of the crash near the 12,700-foot (3,800-meter) -high Salang Pass, a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the capital to the north. "The only way they can search is on foot," said Col. Nabiullah, who is in charge of the southern portion of the Salang Pass. (Salon)

    Afghan plane wreckage is located  May 22, 2010
    Dozens of Afghan police and locals have been scouring the rugged terrain of the Hindu Kush mountain range where the plane is believed to have crashed, particularly the Salang Pass area. The Salang Pass is a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains connecting Kabul to the north of the country. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Militants Attack Main U.S. Base in Afghanistan  May 22, 2010
    Bagram Air Field is a sprawling complex of more than 5,000 acres filled with offices, barracks, runways and weaponry in the shadow of the Hindu Kush mountains. The base operates almost like a small town, with paved roads, bus service and hospital facilities. (CBS News -- World)

    No Survivors Found Amid Afghan Plane Wreckage  May 22, 2010
    Torn-apart wreckage of a commercial airliner that disappeared Monday while flying over Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains with 44 people on board, at 13,500 feet high in Shakar Darah district of Kabul province, Afghanistan, May 20, 2010. (AP Photo). (CBS News -- World)

    'War': Go Inside the Fight in Afghanistan  May 12, 2010
    O'Byrne had been with Battle Company in the Korengal Valley, a small but extraordinarily violent slit in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains of eastern Afghanistan. He was just one soldier out of thirty but seemed to have a knack for putting words to the things that no one else really wanted to talk about. (ABC News)

    A Vietnam War Lesson  Apr 30, 2010
    None of that is happening in the shadows of the Hindu Kush yet. The 10,000 to 25,000 Taliban currently operating in Afghanistan have cross-border safe havens in Pakistan and receive some military training, equipment and logistics support from Pakistan and Iran. (Human Events Online)

    Pakistan, US undeterred by Afghan setback  Apr 23, 2010
    After eight months the operation was declared a success, but it soon became apparent that the militants had simply dispersed into the Hindu Kush mountains and after a few months they came back with renewed vigor and by November 2009 had forced NATO to withdraw from three of its four main bases in Nuristan. Pakistan launched another operation in that month and claimed that all of the Taliban's top commanders had been killed. (Asia Times Online)

    7 killed, 30 injured in Afghanistan earthquake  Apr 20, 2010
    The Hindu Kush region is capable of producing large earthquakes along faultlines where India slammed against the Asian continent millions of years ago. In 1998, a pair of quakes measuring 5. (Florida Today)

    Bicycle bomb kills 13 in southern Afghanistan  Apr 1, 2010
    The 12,700-foot- (3,800-meter-) high Salang Pass is the major route through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the Afghan capital of Kabul to the north of the country. He discussed with officials the need to build retaining walls to prevent snow slides onto the road and to construct shelters for stranded travelers. (Florida Today)

    At Least 35 Die in Afghan Avalanche  Mar 24, 2010
    In February, , the major route through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the Afghan capital of Kabul to the north of the country. MMX The Associated Press. (CBS News -- World)

    Rescuers suspend search effort on Mount St. Helens  Feb 16, 2010
    Some 3,000 people have already been rescued from the snowbound, 12,700-foot (3,800-meter) -high Salang Pass, which is the major route through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the capital to the north. Public Works Minister Suhrab Ali Safari said five more bodies were discovered Thursday on the pass, 70 miles (115 kilometers) north of the capital, bringing the total to 171. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Hope fades for avalanche victims  Feb 12, 2010
    The road through the Salang Pass is the only major route over the Hindu Kush mountains linking southern Afghanistan to the north and Central Asia that remains open throughout the year. Reaching 3,400m (11,000 ft) at the pass, the road is one of the highest in the world. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Salang Tunnel  Feb 11, 2010
    Crossing the Hindu Kush mountain range under the treacherous Salang Pass, the 2. 6km (1. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    Al-Qaeda's shadow over Taliban talks  Jan 27, 2010
    Mullah Omar, the fighter claims, was particularly impressed that bin Laden made the risky journey over the Hindu Kush mountains into southwestern Afghanistan. Preparing to talk The Pakistan military is at the forefront of efforts to set up talks with the Taliban, and Peshawar, capital of North-West Frontier Province, Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, and the national capital, Islamabad, have been scheduled as venues. (Asia Times Online)

    US woos India back to the Bush era  Jan 25, 2010
    The bottom line for Delhi is that the US should not cut and run from the Hindu Kush ... No matter what Gates said, Delhi will have no choice but to keep its fingers crossed as to the fate of the US's AfPak strategy; the best-laid plans have gone awry in the tangled Hindu Kush mountains. (Asia Times Online)

    Global Warming Increases Flood Risk in Mountain Areas  Jan 23, 2010
    25, 2006) New research into climate change in the Western Himalaya and the surrounding Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains could explain why many glaciers there are growing and not melting. The findings suggest. (Science Daily)

    Obama's Yemeni odyssey targets China  Jan 10, 2010
    Yemenis are a hospitable lot, like Afghan tribesmen, but as Irish journalist Patrick Cockurn recollects, while they are generous to passing strangers, they "deem the laws of hospitality to lapse when the stranger leaves their tribal territory, at which time he becomes 'a good back to shoot at'." Surely, there is romance in the air - almost like in the Hindu Kush. Fiercely nationalistic, almost every Yemeni has a gun. (Asia Times Online)

    Accidental Afghan war veteran  Jan 10, 2010
    A few days earlier, a military plane full of Soviet soldiers had crashed in the Hindu Kush mountains, some 60km (38 miles) from Kabul ... The Kazakhs' special operation in the Hindu Kush took only five days, but it was nonetheless dangerous, says Mr Ilynski. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)


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