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High above tree line, a winter caravan of traders relies on their sure-footed yaks to traverse a high pass - the only way up and down from the Afghan Pamir. Never a large tribe, Kyrgyz nomads roamed central Asia for centuries and were infamous for raiding caravans along the Silk Route...

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High above tree line, a winter caravan of traders relies on their sure-footed yaks to traverse a high pass - the only way up and down from the Afghan Pamir. Never a large tribe, Kyrgyz nomads roamed central Asia for centuries and were infamous for raiding caravans along the Silk Route...