Hindu Kush Mountains

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

Hindu Kush

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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Afghanistan Bactria Hindu Kush Islamic State of Afghanistan Khyber Pass Tirich Mir			The quake's epicentre was located in Hindu Kush mountains between Pakistan and Afghanistan, he said, adding that it had a depth of 200 kilometres (124 miles) and was not likely to cause any destruction. Quake jolts Pakistan: officials by AFP / AFP South Asian Edition 3 on the Richter scale and the epicentre was in the Hindu Kush mountains," said Riaz Khan, a senior official at Pakistan's meteorological department. 6.2-magnitude quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan border: USGS by AFP / AFP Global Edition According to the "New York Daily News", Laden is somewhere in the impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan's Chitral region. Osama bin Laden hiding in Hindu Kush: United States by Asian News International			Hinderling hindermost hindfoot hindgut Hindi Hindi-Urdu Hindleys screw hindlimb hindmost Hindoo Hindoo calendar Hindooism Hindoostanee Hindoostani Hindostani hindquarter hindquarters hindrance hindshank hindsight Hindu Hindu calendar Hindu calendar month Hindu deity Hindu Kush Hindu Kush Mountains Hindu numeral Hindu triad Hindu-Arabic numeral Hinduism Hindustan Hindustani Hine Hines hinge hinge joint hinge on hinge upon hinged Hingeless hinging post Hingis Hink Hinniate hinny Hinshelwood hint hint at hinterland hinterland, far hinterland, near			Hindu Calender Hindu chronology Hindu Collective Initiative of North America Hindu Community & Cultural Center Hindu Council of Kenya Hindu Creator God Hindu Creator God Hindu Creator God Hindu Credit Union Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama Hindu deities Hindu deity Hindu dhamma Hindu dhamma Hindu Dharma Hindu Dharma Hindu Endowments Board Hindu entertainers Hindu entertainers Hindu Forum of Britain Hindu fundamentalism Hindu fundamentalism Hindu funeral Hindu funeral rites Hindu goddess Hindu goddess Hindu Higher Secondary School Hindu Jagran Manch Hindu Kush Hindu Kush Hindu Kush Mountains Hindu Kush Region Hindu Kush Region Hindu Kush-Himalayan Hindu land Hindu land Hindu lunar calendar Hindu Maharaja Hindu Maharaja Hindu Makkal Katchi Hindu Mandir Executives' Conference Hindu Marriage Act Hindu Meal Hindu medicine Hindu medicine Hindu medicine Hindu Meditation Hindu Meditation Hindu Meditation Hindu Meditation Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act Hindu Munnani Hindu music Hindu numeral Hindu people Hindu people Hindu philosophies Hindu philosophy Hindu Press International Hindu Religion Hindu Religion

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