Wakhan DistrictWakhan District is one of the 28 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan. It has an estimated population of about 17,213 people, mostly ethnic Wakhis, Pamiris and Kyrghyz. The town of Khandud serves as the district's capital. Mawlavi Wajuddin Mazhari is the current district governor. The district of Wakhan has an area of approximately 11,258 km (4,347 sq mi), which includes the whole of Wakhan National Park and parts of Noshaq and Zorkul.
Wakhan RiverWakhan River (Dari: آب واخانĀb-i-Wākhān; Pashto: واخان سیندWākhān Sīnd; Tajik: واخاندرياVaxondaryo) is a river in the Wakhan District of Afghanistan. Specifically, it is the name of the Sarhad branch of the Panj River along its upper length in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province. The river rises in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains.
Afghanistan–Tajikistan borderThe Afghanistan–Tajikistan border is 1,357 km (843 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Uzbekistan in the west to the tripoint with the Xinjiangregion of China in the east, almost entirely along the Amu Darya, Pyanj and Pamir Rivers, except for the easternmost section along the Wakhan Corridor and divides the ethnic Tajik community into citizens of two countries.
Pamir RiverThe Pamir River is a shared river located in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and in the Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan. It is a tributary of the Panj River, and forms the northern boundary of Afghanistan's Wakhan District. The river has its sources in the Pamir Mountains in the far eastern part of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It flows between the Alichur mountain range in the north and the Wakhan District in the south.
Afghan National PoliceThe Afghan National Police (ANP; Pashto: د افغانستان ملي څارندوی; Dari: پولیس ملی افغانستان), also known as the Afghan Police, is the national police force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, serving as a single law enforcement agency all across the country. The Afghan Border Police, which had stations along the nation's border and at major airports, was a separate component of the force.
Badakhshan ProvinceBadakhshan (Dari: ولایت بدخشان, romanized: Wilāyat-e Badakhshān and Pashto: د بدخشان ولایت, romanized: Da Badakhshān Wilāyat) is one of the northeastern provinces of Afghanistan and is widely regarded as one of the country's most geographically distinctive and historically significant regions.
KhandudKhandud is a town in northeastern Afghanistan, serving as the administrative center of Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province. The town of Khandud is located near the left bank of the Panj River. It is connected by a gravel road to Qazideh and Ishkashim in the southwest and Gazkhan in the northeast.
Panj (river)The Panj, traditionally known as the Ochus River, is a river in Afghanistan and Tajikistan and a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is 921 km (572 mi) long and has a basin area of 114,000 km (44,000 mi). It forms a considerable part of the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border. The river is formed by the confluence of the Pamir River and the Wakhan River near the village of Qala-i-Panjah in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
AfghanistanCountry in Central and South AsiaAfghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
VillageA village is a human settlement or a residential community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town; some geographers describe villages as having between 500 and 2,500 inhabitants. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings, however, transient villages also exist.
Afghan ArmyThe Islamic Army of Afghanistan, also referred to as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Army, and simply as the Afghan Army, is the land force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces. The roots of an army in Afghanistan can be traced back to the early 18th century when the Hotak dynasty was established in Kandahar followed by Ahmad Shah Durrani's rise to power. It was reorganized in 1880 during Emir Abdur Rahman Khan's reign.
DariEastern variety of Persian Dari, also known as Farsi Dari, Dari Persian, Eastern Persian, or Afghan Persian, is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan government's official term for the Persian language; it is referred to as Afghan Persian or Eastern Persian in many Western sources. The decision to rename the local variety of Persian in 1964 was more political than linguistic to support an Afghan state narrative.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.