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Hindu Kush

The Hindu Kush splinters Afghanistan into valley worlds and breaks supply lines — terrain that defeats occupation on a schedule: British, Soviet, American. The Khyber corridor through it has been South Asia's invasion door for three thousand years.

35.8°N · 71.5°E

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