Peace returned to Bumburet Valley of northern Pakistan on Saturday after a girl from the minority Kalash community, who was at the centre of a row over forced conversions, said she had embraced Islam ...

CHITRAL: The snow-clad landscapes of Kalash Valley echoed with cheers as the two-day ‘Indigenous Winter Sports Festival 2026’ reached its spectacular conclusion here on Tuesday in the Bumburet Valley.

A flash of black robes, blonde hair under an orange headdress and curious blue eyes have welcomed visitors to the hidden valleys of Kalash for centuries. Pakistan has been described as a melting pot ...

'Ishpata Inn and Restaurant', says the sign to a roadside hotel in Bumburet Valley in the Chitral district. Ishpata means welcome in the Kalasha language spoken exclusively by the endangered Kalash ...

Living in harmony with nature in three secluded valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains and celebrating the changing seasons according to their pre-Islamic religion for centuries, the ancient Kalash tribe ...

A middle-aged lawyer, Nia Beg, is anxious after a large incursion by Islamist militants rattled his homeland in northwestern Pakistan this month. Beg is Kalash, and he follows the ancient pagan ...

Chitral, Pakistan: For Akram Hussain, unprecedented monsoon floods that drenched his Hindu Kush mountain valley this year were a danger to more than just homes and crops. His 4,000-strong Kalasha ...

I heard a lot about magnificent Kalash Valley and its beautiful people but never got a chance to go there. So, when I got an opportunity to visit Kalash Valley, situated in Chitral, I was more than ...