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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.

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  • Geography
  • Wakhan Corridor
  • History
  • Ancient history
  • Wakhan Mirdom
  • Conquest by Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Modern history
  • Demographics
  • Wakhi
  • Kyrgyz
  • Tourism
  • Popular culture
  • Footnotes
  • References
  • External links

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.

==Geography==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wakhan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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