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	Kabul Caravan - Country Guide - Badakhshan
		As part of the Pamir mountains that knit together Tajikistan, Pakistan and China, it is wild and stunning, and holds great future potential as a trekking destination, particularly in the Wakhan Corridor, that thin tongue of land that sticks out of Afghanistan, a hang-over of British and Russian imperial borders.
		Ishkashim has a border crossing to Tajikistan, and is also the gateway to the Wakhan Corridor.
		The second is A Journey to the Wakhan Pamir, a report on a 2004 trek to the source of the Amu Darya (Oxus) river by John Mock and Kimberely O'Neil, authors of Lonely Planet's Trekking in the Karakoram and Hindu Kush.
	www.kabulcaravan.com /badakhshan.php (755 words)

	::Avgustin.Net >> Gallery
		The Wakhan Corridor is inhabited by the minority Wakhi Tajik ethnic group, followers of the Ismaili sect of Islam, while in Pamir there are the Kyrgyz, who are Sunni Muslims.
		Wakhan Corridor didiami oleh bangsa Wakhi Tajik, penganut Islam Ismaili, dan Pamir didiami oleh bangsa Kyrgyz, penganut Islam Sunni.
		Berjalan-jalan menyusuri Wakhan Corridor yang hanya selebar 15 km, memang terasa seakan terjepit gunung-gunung raksasa.
	avgustin.net /gallery.php?id=50 (819 words)

	Afghanistan: A Short Walk in the Wakhan Corridor \| Outside Online
		IN 2000, GREG MORTENSON and I hatched the idea of traversing the length of the Wakhan Corridor, the thin, vestigial arm of northeastern Afghanistan that extends eastward to the border of China, separating Tajikistan from Pakistan.
		Carved by the Wakhan and Panj rivers, the 200-mile-long valley, much of it above 10,000 feet, separates the Pamir mountains to the north from the Hindu Kush to the south.
		The borders of the Wakhan were set in an 1895 treaty between Russia and Britain, which had been wrestling over the control of Central Asia for nearly a century.
	outside.away.com /outside/destinations/200511/afghanistan-2.html (963 words)

	Wakhan Corridor - Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan - TravBuddy
		A trek to the Wakhan Corridor is one of the most adventurous treks you can do in the world.
		It takes four days to drive to the Wakhan from Kabul, and then a 10 to 12 day trek is required to reach the famed Small Pamirs where the nomadic Kyrgyz have their camping grounds.
		The Wakhan is surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountains in the south and the Pamir mountains in the north, and is known as the "roof of the world." At the neck of the Wakhan is Afghanistan's highest peak, Noshaq (7492 meters).
	www.travbuddy.com /Wakhan-Corridor-v3505 (282 words)

	Community Conservation
		At the same time, in regions such as the Wakhan corridor, patchy resources and seasonal shifts in resource availability result in many species of wildlife having migratory patterns covering areas much larger than the size of any realistic protected area.
		The Wakhi population in the Wakhan Corridor is said to be about 1,300 households with a little over 10,000 people.
		Therefore, ensuring that local communities have the tools to successfully manage their resources is critical to the long-term survival of Wakhan communities and the sustainability of the entire Pamir environment.
	www.wcs.org /international/Asia/afghanistan/afghanistancommunityconservation?preview=&psid=&ph=class=awc-148772 (949 words)

	Publications Coauthored by John Mock & Kimberley O'Neil
		Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor and the Afghan Pamir
		"Wakhan & the Afghan Pamir" in "Mazar-e Sharif & Northeastern Afghanistan" in
		Wakhan and the Afghan Pamir, a 16-page tourism brochure with descriptive text, route information and detailed two-page route map, for the Aga Khan Foundation-Afghanistan.
	www.mockandoneil.com /publica.htm (297 words)

	Wakhan Corridor Travel Guide - TravBuddy
		The Wakhan Corridor is one of the most remote corners of the world, and has tremendous strategic importance, since it separates what was once the British Empire from the Russian Empire.
		The Wakhan Corridor follows the Wakhan River, the main tributary of the Oxus River all the way to the Source of the Oxus, the Ice Caves in the Wajdir Valley at the far end of the Wakhan.
		If you are planning to visit Wakhan Corridor, you should add it to your future locations to notify potential travel buddies that you will be here.
	www.travbuddy.com /Wakhan-Corridor-travel-guide-1310501 (317 words)

	Wakhan
		Most of the people in Wakhan survive by farming, fishing in the mountain rivers and lakes, making traditionally woven carpets and timber production, all on a very small scale.
		The population is expected to grow considerably, and with this will come an improved infrastructure, which will make the area more attractive to prospective employers creating great potential for continued growth.
		The "finger" or narrow strip of land extending Eastwards to China is part of the Silk Road and is the Wakhan region of Afghanistan.
	www.ottc.org.uk /breakingnews/wakhan_afghanistan.htm (202 words)

	Afghanistan - GEOGRAPHY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Afghanistan resembles an irregularly shaped hanging leaf with the Wakhan Corridor and the Pamir Knot as its stem in the northeast.
		Situated between 29 35' and 38 40' north latitude and 60 31' and 75 00' east latitude, it encompasses approximately 652,290 square kilometers, roughly the size of Texas, stretching 1,240 kilometers from east to west and 565 kilometers from north to south.
		Afghanistan is completely landlocked, bordered by Iran to the west (925 kilometers), by the Central Asian States of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north and northeast (2,380 kilometers), by China at the easternmost top of the Wakhan Corridor (96 kilometers), and by Pakistan to the east and south (2,432 kilometers).
	countrystudies.us /afghanistan/31.htm (173 words)

	Afghanistan - THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Afghanistan resembles an irregularly shaped hanging leaf with the Wakhan Corridor and the Pamir Knot as its stem in the northeast.
		Situated between 29 35' and 38 40' north latitude and 60 31' and 75 00' east latitude, it encompasses approximately 652,290 square kilometers, roughly the size of Texas, stretching 1,240 kilometers from east to west and 565 kilometers from north to south.
		Afghanistan is completely landlocked, bordered by Iran to the west (925 kilometers), by the Central Asian States of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north and northeast (2,380 kilometers), by China at the easternmost top of the Wakhan Corridor (96 kilometers), and by Pakistan to the east and south (2,432 kilometers).
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-31.html (173 words)

	Kyrgyz nomads embrace democracy \| Afghanistan \| Asia \| International News \| News \| Telegraph
		With their riding boots, fur hats and drooping moustaches, the Kyrgyz nomads of the Wakhan Corridor are a spectacle from another age.
		The corridor, a sparsely populated finger of land thrusting out of the north-east corner of Afghanistan, is one of the remotest places on Earth.
		In the corridor, as in many rural areas, large number of voters are expected to cast their ballots en masse in line with decisions made for them by councils of village elders.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/13/wafg13.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/13/ixworld.html (720 words)

	Wakhan Summary
		Wakhan is a very mountainous and rugged part of the Pamir region.
		Wakhan is located in and around the extreme north-east of Afghanistan, which is connected to China by a long, narrow strip called the Wakhan Corridor, which separates the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan from the North-West Frontier Province and Northern Areas of Pakistan.
		Western Wakhan (Xiumi) was conquered in the early part of the 1st century AD by Kujula Kadphises, the first "Great Kushan," and formed one of the five xihou or principalities that formed the nucleus of the original Kushan kingdom.
	www.bookrags.com /Wakhan (543 words)

	Wakhan Corridor
		The Wakhan Corridor (also spelt as Vakhan) is a narrow (in some places less than 10 mi.
		wide) corridor in the Badakhshan region of Afghanistan.
		It is located in the Pamir region, with Tajikistan to the north, Pakistan/Kashmir to the south and China to the east.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/w/wa/wakhan_corridor.html (123 words)

	ipedia.com: Wakhan Corridor Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A narrow corridor in the Pamir region between Tajikistan to the north and Pakistan and Kashmir to the south.
		A narrow (in some places less than 10 mi.) corridor in the Pamir region between Tajikistan to the north and Pakistan and Kashmir to the south.
		At the eastern end, the Wakhjir is a pass through the Hindu Kush at 4,923 m, and has the sharpest official change of clocks of any international frontier.
	www.ipedia.com /wakhan_corridor.html (148 words)

	Wakhan Corridor . Tajikistan . Afghanistan . China . Hindu Kush . Badakhshan . British Empire
		It was created at the end of 19th century by the British Empire, to act as a buffer against potential Russian ambitions during the Great Game.
		At the eastern end, the Wakhjir is a pass through the Hindu Kush at 4,923 m, and has the sharpest official change of clocks of any international frontier +4:30 UTC in Afghanistan to +8 UTC in China The Corridor is sparsely populated.
		Kingdom Anglo-Russian agreement of 1873, which expressly acknowledged "Badakhshan with its dependent district Wakhan" as "fully belonging to the amir of Kabul," and limited it to the left or southern bank of the Oxus.
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /Wakhan_Corridor_UK_206022_uc (561 words)

	* Adventure Tours Pakistan - Trek Along Wakhan Corridorr *
		Our Trek Along Wakhan Corridor, starts at Chitral Valley, the home of Hindu Kush range and Trichmir the highest peak and ends in the beautiful valley of Hunza Valley.
		And the corridor was deliberately made as a buffer zone to curtail the advancing Russian influence into British India during the 18th century.
		Our trek Along Wakhan Corridor, provides the opportunity to explore the some of the most beautiful places on earth.
	www.atp.com.pk /treks/trek_along_wakhan_corridorr.htm (1826 words)

	Natural Regions - Land and Resources - Afghanistan - Asia
		The highest peak, Nowshak (Noshaq), rises 7,485 m (24,557 ft) on the northeast border and is a lower spur of the Tirich Mir peak in Pakistan.
		Some of the major mountain systems include the Pamirs in the upper northeast of the Wakhan Corridor, the Badakhshan Ranges in the northeast, the Paropamisus Range in the north, and the Safed Koh range, which forms part of the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		Lowland areas are concentrated in the south and west and include the Turkistan Plains, the Herat-Ferah Lowlands of the extreme northwest, the Sistan Basin and Helmand River valley of the southwest, and the Rigestan Desert of the south.
	www.countriesquest.com /Asia/Afghanistan/Land_and_Resources/Natural_Regions.htm (413 words)

	Wakhan - Qwika
		Wakhan Wakhan is a very mountainous and rugged part of the Pamir region.
		Western Wakhan (Xiumi) was conquered in the early...
		on the east Charan, Ishkashim, Zebak and Wakhan; and in the centre Faizabad, Farkhar, Minjan...
	www.qwika.com /find/Wakhan (444 words)

	Chitral Times \|\| News Detail \|\|
		There are five to six passes which connect Broghil with Gilgit, Pamir, Wakhan corridor, Hunza and to Tajikistan as well via the short script of Wakhan.
		Wakhan is the most peaceful area of Afghanistan.
		Rather than a problem, wakhan linkage with Broghil, then the view from Darwaza pass (broghil) is the best opportunity to recall the history of silk route, Centre Asia and Russian invasion on Afghans.
	www.chitraltimes.com /english07/edetail21.htm (722 words)

	Soviet Union's forces tighten grip on Wakhan corridor in Afghanistan \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The narrow 185-mile-long Wakhan corridor, created 86 years ago as a buffer between Czarist Russia and Britain's Indian Empire, is totally sealed off from Afghanistan and under direct administration of the Soviet Union, according to a number of diplomatic sources.
		The sealing-off and direct Soviet administration of the thinly populated Wakhan corridor is the most extreme example of the Sovietization of Afghanistan, which has been proceeding at a rapid clip ever since more than 80,000 Soviet troops invaded and occupied the harsh, landlocked country more than a year ago.
		The forbidding mountain corridor is being administered directly by military authorities in the Soviet Union rather than the Soviet military command in Afghanistan, according to diplomatic sources.
	www.csmonitor.com /1981/0304/030435.html (802 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Wakhan Corridor
		The Wakhan Corridor or Wakhan Salient (also spelt as Vakhan; وخان in Persian) is a narrow (in some places less than 10 mi.
		It is located in the Pamir mountain region, with Tajikistan to the north, Pakistan-administered Kashmir to the south and China to the east.
		Historically the Wakhan has been an important region for thousands of years as it is where the Western and Eastern portions of Central Asia meet.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Wakhan_Corridor (295 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		The Wakhan Corridor or Wakhan Salient (also spelt as Vakhan;) is a narrow (in some places less than 10 mi.
		wide) corridor in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.
		The Source of the Oxus River: Journey to the Wakhan Pamir & Across Dilisang Pass to Misgar (2004)
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Wakhan_Corridor (270 words)

	Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A panhandle on the northeast, the Wakhan Corridor, connects it with China.
		Its southernmost part is separated from the nearest sea, the Arabian Sea, by 300 miles (480 kilometers) of Pakistani territory.
		The range is highest in the Wakhan Corridor, where Nowshak Peak rises to 24,557 feet (7,485 meters) above sea level.
	www.angelfire.com /empire/afghan/AfghanistanD.html (2560 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Wakhan Corridor or Wakhan Salient (also spelt as Vakhan;) is a narrow (in some places less than 10 mi.
		It is located in the Pamir mountain region, with Tajikistan to the north, Pakistan-administered Kashmir to the south and China to the east.
		Historically the Wakhan has been an important region for thousands of years as it is where the Western and Eastern portions of Central Asia meet.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Wakhan_Corridor (269 words)

	The Oracle of The Divine Sibyl: Osama's Silk Road: The Wakhan Corridor and Southern China
		Pakistani authorities evacuated the Northern Region of the country on Thursday after receiving intelligence that Osama bin Laden and his deputy al-Zawahiri were somewhere in the region of the Wakhan corridor in Afghanistan.
		Pakistan seems to be centering in on the Chilinji An pass as the possible area of concern in its own northern region that borders the Afghanistan Wakhan corridor.
		And does anyone else see irony in the possibility that the Wakhan Corridor has, once again, become the strategic finger in what could be billed the newest round of...
	blog.abovetopsecret.com /valhall/2006/07/is_osama_sittin_on_top_of_the.html (1839 words)

	Northern Areas Development Gateway (Site not responding. Last check: )
		GILGIT, July 16: The proposed 35km-long link road between the Ghizer district of the Northern Areas and Tajikistan will not be implemented in the near future as it involved Afghanistan in Wakhan Corridor, which has not yet been consulted on this project, official sources confided to Dawn.
		The road between Ghizer and Tajikistan was proposed back in 2000 but it had to be delayed due to the political instability in Afghanistan, the sources said.
		Even though the situation in the war-torn country has improved, the government has not contacted Kabul nor assessed the feasibility of the road portion that will pass through Wakhan Corridor without which the proposed road could not be completed.
	www.northernareas.org.pk /ndetail.cfm?ID=210 (215 words)

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		LOCAL HUMAN POPULATION The Wakhan Corridor is currently occupied by Mongol Karghiz in the east and Wakhis in the west.
		They grow wheat, barley and peas in the Wakhan Valley and in spring and summer move up to the alpine pastures of the Big Pamir to graze their yaks, sheep and goats (Petocz, 1978a).
		Apart from settlements along the Wakhan Valley, the main population centres are the villages of Qala-i-Panja and Khundud, located 38km and 65km, respectively, from the reserve (Petocz,1978b).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1635v.htm (1490 words)

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