Hindu Kush

mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan

province of Afghanistan

ethnic group of northern Pakistan

Chitral () is a town situated on the Chitral River in the northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Lower Chitral District, and was previously the capital of Chitral District, and before that the capital of Chitral princely state. The region was encompassed into West Pakistan between 1969 and 1972.

thumb|Kautiak villagers in Nuristan province with U.S. Navy commander (right) The Nuristanis are an Indo-Iranian ethnic group native to the Nuristan Province (formerly Kafiristan) of northeastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. Their languages comprise the Nuristani branch of Indo-Iranian languages.

vall, Pakistan

earthquake which occurred on 26 October 2015

thumb|290px|Topographic map of northeastern Afghanistan with Koh-i-Baba on the left The Baba Mountain range ( Bâbâ Ǧar; Kōh-i Bābā; or Kūh-e Bābā; Kōh or Kūh meaning ′mountain′, Bābā meaning ′father′) is the western extension of the Hindu Kush, and the origin of Afghanistan's Kabul, Arghandab, Helmand, Farah, Hari, Murghab, Balkh, and Kunduz rivers. The mountain range is crowned by Foladi peak (or Shah Fuladi) rising 5048 m (some old maps and dictionaries: 5143 m) above sea level, and is located south of Bamyan.

princely state of the British Raj

thumb|right|250px|Map of Kafiristan prior to its conversion to Islam in 1890s

former district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

arthquake that occurred in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan

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district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

mountain pass in the Hindu Kush range, Afghanistan

earthquake

mountain in the Afghanistani Hindu Kush

Mughal-era term for a region in South Asia