Deadly Fire in Kalash Valleys Spreading Fast

The Kalash are said to be a unique indigenous people living in the Chitral district, in the beautiful and remote mountains of north-west Pakistan. They have an ancient non-Muslim culture, their own language, code...

Gary Brooks Faulkner Arrested: 'Hunting for Osama bin Laden'

American Gary Brooks Faulkner Arrested in Pakistan Gary Brooks Faulkner, a California native, was arrested in Chitral, near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. The 52-year-old claimed to be on a solo mission to capture Osama bin Laden, and was armed with a handgun, a 40-inch...

Taliban release Greek kidnapped from Pakistan 6 months ago

A Greek social worker, Prof Athanasios Lerounis, who was kidnapped by Afghan Taliban from Chitral district of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) bordering Afghanistan, has reached back Chitral...

Norwegian pays $81,200 for Markhor hunting in Pakistan

A Norwegian national, Oyvind Christensen, hunted a Kashmiri Markhor in Toshi area of Pakistan’s mountainous Chitral district after paying $81,200 for permit. Kashmiri Markhor is usually one-and-a-half-metre...

5.7 tremor jolts Pakistan, strong quake likely in six months

As an earthquake with 5.7 magnitude jolted Pakistan's northern region Monday morning, the chief meteriologist of the country predicted that a strong is likely to hit the country during the next six...

A Paradise on Earth - Home of the Kalash

The Kalash people living in the northwestern part of Pakistan, living in three remote valleys of the Hindu Kush mountain range, are called the 'Greeks of Asia'. The highlighted materials are excerpts printed from...

Where Is Osama Bin Laden?

According to CBS News, Osama bin Laden is hiding in the Chitral district of northern Pakistan, a remote, rugged area governed by tribes, hostile to outsiders and the Pakistani military. They are hospitable to...

So Where Is Bin Laden?

"Despite a billion-dollar manhunt, 9/11 mastermind bin Laden is still at large."

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