“Every week we get threats from people who ask us to abandon our traditions,” says Fida, a resident of Bamorat village of the Kalash Valley in Chitral. This is one of the realities that the Kalash ...
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtun­khwa government has tabled a bill in the provincial assembly to provide for solemnisation and registration of marriages by Kalash minority families, making 18 years’ ...
For a decade the Kalash, a mountain tribe nestled in a stunning valley deep in the Hindu Kush, managed to avoid the Taliban scourge ravaging the rest of north-western Pakistan. Visitors streamed into ...
A girl stands in the village of Bumberet in the Kalash Valley. Kalash Valley, Pakistan: Hidden up in the mountains near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, the Kalash tribe loves homemade wine and ...
Daily life for a Kalash woman revolves around fulfilling a bunch of responsibilities — fetching water, preparing meals, taking care of livestock, farming, and weaving textiles. But a girl, in her 20s, ...
About a month ago, a 50-minute-long video message by the TTP created panic among Kalash and Ismaili communities living in Chitral. "By the grace of Allah, an increasing number of people from the ...