When the truck finally reached a recently-paved highway, Dure could relax and soon started chatting with other villagers. "In the past, it would take people three days to reach the county center by horse. They had to carry enough food with them," said Dure. "Before this highway was bui...
separates Pakistan fromTajikistan. The Himalayan massif was pierced in 1970 when Chinese and Pakistani engineers completed theKarakoram Highwayacross the Karakoram Range, linking the town ofGilgitin Gilgit-Baltistan withKashgar(Kashi) in Xinjiang. The highway, a marvel of modern technology, carries con...
Nanga Parbat, one of the world’s tallest mountains, 26,660 feet (8,126 metres) high, situated in the western Himalayas 17 miles (27 km) west-southwest of Astor, in the Pakistani-administered sector of the Kashmir region. The mountain’s steep south wall
Three transmontane roads serve the southern slopes of the Karakoram Range—one from the Kullu Valley in the Indian state ofHimachal Pradeshover several high passes to Leh, another from the Vale of Kashmir also to Leh, and the hard-surfacedKarakoram Highway(completed 1978) following theIndus Riv...