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... , newly arrived Indian troops repulsed them . The weary Pathans had lost Kashmir for Pakistan . A mountain war which raged that winter AFGHANISTAN U.S.S.R. Kilik Pass CHINA Misgar Khunjerab Pass NJERAB NATIONAL 76 STONES OF SILENCE •
... , newly arrived Indian troops repulsed them . The weary Pathans had lost Kashmir for Pakistan . A mountain war which raged that winter AFGHANISTAN U.S.S.R. Kilik Pass CHINA Misgar Khunjerab Pass NJERAB NATIONAL 76 STONES OF SILENCE •
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... Misgar , five miles away . Lying at 10,000 feet , Misgar is the last village on the old Silk Route before China . It is a large village , containing some eighty huts , and its inhabitants are considered argumentative and devious even by ...
... Misgar , five miles away . Lying at 10,000 feet , Misgar is the last village on the old Silk Route before China . It is a large village , containing some eighty huts , and its inhabitants are considered argumentative and devious even by ...
Page 89
... Misgar people take their four thousand or so sheep and goats to the upland ranges around Kilik Pass , Kourban Khan told me . There on the border , they still trade a little with shepherds from Sinkiang and Afghanistan . However ...
... Misgar people take their four thousand or so sheep and goats to the upland ranges around Kilik Pass , Kourban Khan told me . There on the border , they still trade a little with shepherds from Sinkiang and Afghanistan . However ...
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