Afghanistan is often in the global spotlight, and typically for less than desirable reasons. As someone who has traveled ...

KATHMANDU – Raging water disrupted life in Thame village—home to some of Nepal’s famed Sherpas—when a glacial lake in the ...

Glaciers are among the most visible indicators of climate change, and their rapid melting poses a severe threat to ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities worldwide.

In the Hindu Kush Himalayas, glacial retreat threatens unique plant and animal species, disrupts river flows, and puts immense pressure on mountain biodiversity, destabilising ecological balance.

Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain range is a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, according to the Red Cross. Afghanistan sits on ...

Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, a UN ...

Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain range is a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, according to the Red Cross. Afghanistan sits on ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayas holds the world’s largest ice reserves outside the polar regions and extends 3,500 kilometers over Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People’s Republic of China, India, ...

“It was a long time coming,” Kush recalls, reflecting on the moment he got the call confirming his reserve driver role. “It was just about being patient. But finally getting it—it’s massive. To be ...

But the Hindu Kush Himalayan glaciers melted 65 percent faster in 2011 to 2020 than the decade before, according to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ... and populations ...