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Vakhan 

a mountain range in the southern Pamir, in the Tadzhik SSR and Afghanistan. It is a watershed for the Pamir and Istyk rivers from the north and the Wakhan Darya and Oksu rivers from the south. Length, 160 km; average elevation, about 5,000 m; maximum elevation, 6,281 m. The Vakhan Range is composed of igneous and metamorphic rock. Its slopes are dissected by glacial trough valleys. There are snowfields and glaciers. (The area of snow, ice, and névé fields is 94.1 sq km.) Sometimes the name “Vakhan Range” is also used for the Shakhdara Range (watershed of the Pamir and Piandzh rivers).



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On the occasion, the speakers highlighted the strategic importance of the border between Chipurson and Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan and stressed the need for promotion of tourism and trade activities.
Speaking at a press conference, IEC official Daud Ali Najfi said voting materials had not been delivered yet in Barchman, Wakhan, Kharwar and Dilaram districts in Farah, Badakhshan, Logar and Nimroz provinces.
Malang Daria and Amruddin Sanjar in July became the first Afghans to reach the summit of 7,492-metre (24,580-foot) Mount Noshaq, part of the legendary Hindu Kush in the far northeast Wakhan Corridor that connects the country to China.
 
 
 
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