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There is one Afghan border control point next to the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. It is located in the eastern section of Hairatan, which is a border town about 80 km (50 mi) north of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh Province. [3]
Geography of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located on the Iranian Plateau, [ 6 ] at the crossroads of Central Asia [ 7 ][ 8 ] and South Asia. [ 9 ][ 10 ] The country is the 40th largest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the Kabul Province.
The Durand Line ( Pashto: د ډیورنډ کرښه; Urdu: ڈیورنڈ لائن; Dari: خط دیورند ), also known as the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, is a 2,640-kilometre (1,640 mi) international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia. [ 1][ a] The western end runs to the border with Iran and the eastern end to the border ...
Torkham border crossing ( Urdu, Persian, and Pashto: تورخم Tūrkham) is a major border crossing between the Pakistani city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located along the Grand Trunk Road on the international border between the two countries. It connects Nangarhar province of Afghanistan with Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Wakhan Corridor. The Wakhan Corridor ( Dari: دالان واخان, romanized: Dâlân-e wâxân; Pashto: واخان دهلېز, romanized: Vâxân dahléz) is a narrow strip of territory in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. This corridor stretches eastward, connecting Afghanistan to Xinjiang, China. It also separates the Gorno-Badakhshan ...
Map of major cities as identified by governmental organizations [1] Kabul is the only city in Afghanistan with over a million residents Herat is the second largest city and is located in western Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif is the third largest city and is located in northern Afghanistan Jalalabad , the fifth-largest city, located in eastern ...
The border begins at the tripoint with Turkmenistan in the Harirud river before proceeding overland just to the east of the Iranian town of Taybad.The border then follows a series of short straight lines, passing through the Daryache-ye Namakzar and the Daqq-e Patergan salt lakes; two ‘beaks’ of Iranian territory protrude into Afghanistan along this section.
The Chaman border crossing is one of the major international border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Located on the Pak-Afghan border, it leads north from the town of Chaman, Chaman District, Balochistan into Wesh, Afghanistan in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province. More generally, it links the two provincial capitals: Quetta and ...