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Hindu Kush

(ko͝osh, kŭsh)

A mountain range of southwest Asia extending more than 805 km (500 mi) westward from northern Pakistan to northeast Afghanistan. It is crossed by several high-altitude passes used as invasion and trade routes since ancient times. The highest elevation is Tirich Mir, 7,708 m (25,289 ft), in Pakistan.

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Hindu Kush

(kʊʃ; kuːʃ)

pl n

(Placename) a mountain range in central Asia, extending about 800 km (500 miles) east from the Koh-i-Baba Mountains of central Afghanistan to the Pamirs. Highest peak: Tirich Mir, 7690 m (25 230 ft)

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Hin′du Kush′

a mountain range in S Asia, mostly in NE Afghanistan, extending W from the Himalayas. Highest peak, Tirich Mir, 25,230 ft. (7690 m).

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Hindu Kush - a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas

Hindu Kush Mountains

Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan - a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"

Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

Khyber Pass - a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India

Tirich Mir - a mountain in the Hindu Kush in Pakistan (25,230 feet high)

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The epicentre of the earthquake is Hindu Kush region Afghanistan with the underground dept of 169 kilometer.

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Islamabad -- Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) organized a National Consultation Workshop on SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya Needs Assessment in collaboration with the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) at PCRWR Headquarter Islamabad on Tuesday.

National Consultation Workshop on-SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya Needs Assessment

A moderate earthquake deep in the Hindu Kush mountain range jolted parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan early Sunday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, officials said.

Moderate quake jolts Afghanistan

"We have started with Nepal, but we intend to extend studies to other Hindu Kush Himalayan countries," said Arun Bhakta Shrestha, a climate change specialist with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), which is carrying out the research alongside a number of government agencies.

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The 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck at 38 km depth while its epicenter was Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan, the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC) reported.

Mild tremors felt in upper parts of country

and foreign officials confirmed to The News that northwestern Pakistan's impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains - which boast some of the world's tallest climbs - in the Chitral region have been eyed as Bin Laden's hideout since 2006 by Osama hunters aiming for the big kill.

Osama bin Laden could be in Pak trekker paradise Chitral: Paper

Pakistan's earthquake monitoring centre at Peshawar said that epicenter of the tremor was 290 kilometer away north of Peshawar in the Afghanistans Hindu Kush mountain range and recorded at 5.6 degree on the Richter Scale.

Moderate earthquake jolts Kabul this morning

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According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the earthquake was located in Hindu Kush region.