Premise: The 2005 Hindu Kush earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan with a magnitude of 6.5 on December 12 at 21:47 ( UTC ) . The Hindu Kush ( [ kʊʃ , _ kuːʃ ] Pashto , Persian and [ ) , also known in Ancient Greek as the Caucasus Indicus or Paropamisadae , is an 800 km mountain range that stretches near the Afghan-Pakistan border , from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan . The Hindu Kush range has numerous high snow-capped peaks , with the highest point in the Hindu Kush being Tirich Mir or Terichmir at 7708 m in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan . Kushan Pass . about 4,370 m or 14,340 ft ) is a mountain pass just west of the famous Salang Pass ( 3,878 m. or 12,723 ft. ) in the Hindu Kush mountain range of northern Afghanistan .
Hypothesis: Hindu Kush is entirely in India.
Label: CONTRADICTION