The Afghan Durrani Empire took Wakhan from Czarist Russia in 1763. Greater Badakhshan, straddling Afghanistan and Tajikistan, remained a contentious territory between Afghanistan and Russia ...

Wakhan, a narrow elongated geographical terrain (approx 16-64 Km wide) connects it with China in the East, while wedging Pakistan's direct ground link with Tajikistan towards its north.

Wakhan is part of Afghan territory ... in the northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, separating Tajikistan from Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region. “There is no question of Pakistan ...

With Tajikistan located in the north, Pakistan in the south and China in extreme east, Wakhan corridor has recently emerged as a regional flashpoint. Having a population of hardly 12,000 people ...

As he retraces our ancestors’ global migration on foot, the author sees Afghanistan's peaceful villages—and reminders that tensions persist. Contending with snow, cold, and a tired donkey ...

Five Islamic State Prisoners Killed Trying to Escape From Tajik Jail, Source Says By Nazarali Pirnazarov DUSHANBE (Reuters) - At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after ...

According to a senior Pakistani analyst, Pakistan and China are planning to capture Wakhan Corridor from Afghanistan ... access to Central Asia through Tajikistan. In 2021, when the Afghan Taliban ...

One of its least visited corners, the rugged Wakhan corridor ... this utterly remote wilderness hemmed by the mountain walls of Tajikistan, Pakistan, and western China. For weeks photographer ...

The Wakhan Corridor holds strategic importance ... while the latter will also gain easy access to Central Asia through Tajikistan. In 2021, when the Afghan Taliban seized power in Afghanistan ...