Mountains occupy all but the north central and.
Rugged hindu cush range.
Geologically it resembles its neighbor the karakoram range.
The hindu kush mountains in particular have played an important role in tourism and unfortunately in wartime.
This mountain range has since ancient times housed various military endeavors.
The fragmented topography has fostered a diverse population of various ethnic groups and religions.
25 5 of total population 2018.
The hindu kush dari pashto.
Populations tend to cluster in the foothills and periphery of the rugged hindu kush range.
Smaller groups are found in many of the country s interior valleys.
Nearly half the country has an elevation of 2 000 meters or more and the highest peaks in the northeastern hindu kush range exceed 7 000 meters.
These include the cold war and most recently the us un collaboration to fight al qaeda and the taliban.
In general the east is more densely settled while the south is sparsely populated urbanization.
هندوکش k ʊ ʃ k uː ʃ.
Hindu kush great mountain system of central asia that stretches some 500 miles 800 km in length and as much as 150 miles 240 km in width.
Commonly understood to mean killer of the hindus killer of the indians or hindu killer in persian is an 800 kilometre long 500 mi mountain range that stretches through afghanistan from its centre to northern pakistan and into tajikistan the range forms the western section of the hindu kush himalayan region hkh and is the.
The terrain of afghanistan is dominated by rugged mountain ranges which generally run from the northeast to the southwest.
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With sharp peaks deep valleys and many almost.
First the mountains are extremely dangerous with high elevations and extreme climate preventing development or reliable transportation second the hindu kush are the traditional gateway to india for invaders from the north and west such as alexander the great and genghis khan.
