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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Contents: 1. The curtain rises. 2. Preamble and Baltic approach. 3. Georgia, an ancient kingdom. 4. Persian interlude, 5. Buses. 6. Kabul: postponement, protocol, and parties. 7. The Panjshir to Zeneh. 8. Dasht-i- Revat, and onward. 9. Approach to Mir Samir. 10. Reconnaissance-and disappointment. 11. New prospects open. 12. "At the peril of your lives" : to the outpost. 13. Hindu Kush at closest quarters. 14. Near-murder among friends-but the Anjuman pass at last. 15. Farewell to Afghanistan. 16. Trying to cut red tape in Rawalpindi. 17. The Gilgit agency and Kashmir. 18. Sundown. Afterthoughts. "To travel across the mountains of Hindu Kush is an awe inspiring experience as these mountains were less known than the Himalayas even in the 1950s. Numerous difficulties coupled with troublesome path and steepy slopes, yet full of varied scenary often reminds one to experience the perpetual mystery of the Hindu Kush that stretches into the heart of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the bulk of descriptive literature written on Afghanistan in the 19 century during the British occupation mainly by Army officers and Government officials record generally events and facts rather than places and people. The distant mountains of the Hindu Kush did not interest such writers except as a barrier against war like tribes and northern people. With this in mind, a two-member women's expedition called Abinger Afghanistan expedition, 1960 led by the authors themselves was planned and executed. "This book presents a live record not only of the authors' own adventures during the 237 pp. …