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Badakhshan

  • North-eastern Afghanistan

    Badakhshan

    Afghanistan’s high north-east: the Kokcha valley, the Pamir and the Wakhan, home of lapis lazuli and of many mountain languages.

  • Badakhshan

    Faizabad

    Capital of Badakhshan on the Kokcha River, gateway to the Pamirs and to lapis lazuli country.

  • Wakhan Corridor

    Badakhshan

    Wakhan Corridor

    A remote high valley reaching toward China, between the Pamir and Hindu Kush ranges.

  • Life Along the Wakhan

    Landscape · 6 min

    Life Along the Wakhan

    Herders, high passes and a valley at the edge of the map.