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Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
Pamir Valley
The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of territory in northeastern Afghanistan that extends to China and separates Tajikistan from Pakistan. The corridor, wedged between the Pamir Mountains to the north and the Karakoram range to the south, is about 350 km long and 13–65 kilometres wide. From this high mountain valley the Panj and Pamir Rivers emerge and form the Amu Darya. A trade route through the valley has been used by travellers going to and from East, South and Central Asia since antiquity.Politically, the corridor is part of Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. In the 19th century, the corridor acted as a buffer between the Russian Empire and the British Empire . Its eastern end bordered China's Xinjiang, ruled by the Qing dynasty. As of 2010, the Wakhan Corridor had 12,000 inhabitants, The northern part of the Wakhan is also referred to as the Pamir. populated by the Wakhi and Pamiri people.
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