this linked the villagers to the karakoram highway, which spans pakistan and china.would take days to cross was reduced to hours. in less than a generation, shimshal was transformed. bano�*s son, wazir, who accompanied her on the trek, leads a very different life. he still goes to pamir, but he's not a farmer like his father, or a shepherd like his mother. fazila is also part of this new generation. unlike her mother and grandmother, she was given a choice. the valley�*s connection to the world brought with it new ideas and opportunities. this new generation is venturing into new ways of life. without women like annar, bano, and afroze, this new chapter in the lives of the wakhi people wouldn't have been possible. singing in wakhi singing continues singing in wakhi continues hello there. christmas, for most of us, looks likely to be a mild one. in fact, on friday we had a pretty typical story, quite a lot of cloud around and temperatures 13 degrees across the south coast. but look at this, in the northern isles, just a daytime maximum of one celsius. and yes, there w

this linked the villagers to the karakoram highway, which spans pakistan and china.ke days to cross was reduced to hours. in less than a generation, shimshal was transformed. bano�*s son, wazir, who accompanied her on the trek, leads a very different life. he still goes to pamir, but he's not a farmer like his father, or a shepherd like his mother. fazila is also part of this new generation. unlike her mother and grandmother, she was given a choice. the valley�*s connection to the world brought with it new ideas and opportunities. this new generation is venturing into new ways of life. without women like annar, bano, and afroze, this new chapter in the lives of the wakhi people wouldn't have been possible. singing in wakhi. singing continues. live from london. this is bbc news. bells mark a minute of silence in prague to remember the victims of thursday's mass shooting. israel says it's interrogating hundreds of suspected hamas and islamichhad operatives who've been captured in gaza. and rebecca welch makes history — becoming the first woman premier league referee —