Wakhan

region in Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan

language

Zorkul (; ; ) is a lake in the Pamir Mountains that runs along the border between the Wakhan District in Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan. It is part of both the Wakhan National Park of Afghanistan and the Tajik National Park.

river in Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Sarhad branch of the Panj River

mountain pass in Afghanistan and China

district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Wakhan (Dari; Pashto: ), also spelt as Vakhan and known as Vakhon (Tajik: Вахон}, is a rugged, mountainous part of the Pamir Mountains, Hindu Kush and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It covers mainly the Wakhan District of Badakshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan.

mountain range in the Pamir mountains, Tajikistan and Afghanistan

National park in Afghanistan.

Qala-i-Panjah (), also written Qila-e Panjeh and Qala Panja, is a village in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan. It lies on the Panj River, near the confluence of the Wakhan River and the Pamir River. The village and rest of the territory south of the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border is patrolled by the Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army. The town of Khandud is to the southwest of Qala-i-Panjah, and much further to the northeast is Gazkhan.

Khandud 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.

lake in Badakhshan, Afghanistan

large U-shaped valley in northeastern Afghanistan

village in Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mountain pass on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border

human settlement in Afghanistan

high valley in the Wakhan, Afghanistan

mountain of the Pamirs, on the Afghan-Tajik border

mountain in the Hindu Kush mountains

mountain pass in Hindukush mountain range

mountain in the Hindu Kush mountains

human settlement in Afghanistan

Eshmorgh is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.

Gazkhan is a village in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan. It is located at the confluence of the Panj River and Wakhan River. Ghazkhan is the starting point of the Grand Pamir Road in Afghanistan, which is being rehabilitated and expanded to the Wakhjir Pass (Afghanistan–China border). Gazkhan is also the starting point for treks into the Great Pamir. The land has been used historically as one of the trade routes between Kabul and Kashgar.

Gowritik is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.

human settlement in Afghanistan

settlement in Afghanistan

Kashkandyow is a village in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.

Qarabolaq or Qareh Bulaq () is a small settlement in the Great Pamir in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan. It lies at an altitude of 4,139 m on the eastern shore of Zorkul lake, near the Afghan border with Tajikistan but also close to the Afghan borders with Pakistan and China.

human settlement in Afghanistan

human settlement in Afghanistan

human settlement in Afghanistan

Fotur is a village on the left bank of the Ab-i-Panj river in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.

mountain pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan

village in Afghanistan