<Tr> <Th> Region </Th> <Td> Central Asia - South </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Parent range </Th> <Td> Himalayas </Td> </Tr> <P> The Hindu Kush (/ kʊʃ, kuːʃ /), also known in Ancient Greek as the Caucasus Indicus (Ancient Greek: Καύκασος Ινδικός) or Paropamisadae (Ancient Greek: Παροπαμισάδαι), in Pashto and Persian as هندوکش ‬, is an 800 - kilometre - long (500 mi) mountain range that stretches near the Afghan - Pakistan border, from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan . It forms the western section of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (HKH). It divides the valley of the Amu Darya (the ancient Oxus) to the north from the Indus River valley to the south . </P> <P> The Hindu Kush range has numerous high snow - capped peaks, with the highest point in the Hindu Kush being Tirich Mir or Terichmir at 7,708 metres (25,289 ft) in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan . To the north, near its northeastern end, the Hindu Kush buttresses the Pamir Mountains near the point where the borders of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan meet, after which it runs southwest through Pakistan and into Afghanistan near their border . The eastern end of the Hindu Kush in the north merges with the Karakoram Range . Towards its southern end, it connects with the Spin Ghar Range near the Kabul River . </P>

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