This strip, often referred to as the Wakhan corridor, was a result of the 19th century’s so-called Great Game, when the British and Russian Empires fought for influence in Central Asia.

Afghanistan’s wild and mountainous Wakhan Corridor is home to a culture that has gone unchanged for centuries. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, about his trek ...

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Pakistan and Tajikistan signed two memorandums of agreement at the seventh session of the ...

Power Minister Awais Leghari highlights Pakistan’s strategic location ideal for Tajik investments, trade corridors.

Contending with snow, cold, and a tired donkey, Paul Salopek takes his last steps in Afghanistan’s Wakhan corridor as he and photographer Matthieu Paley navigate the Irshad Pass into Pakistan.

The war has not reached the Wakhan Corridor since the Soviets left 30 years ago. The Wakhi and Kyrgyz who know of the outside world fear that the Taliban may soon try to move in.

Aircraft flying over Afghanistan do so briefly, passing through the sparsely populated Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan province, situated between Tajikistan and Pakistan. Zebak, near the beginning ...

Trade and transit directly to China through the Wakhan Corridor is a long-held dream for Afghan governments, but the logistics remain a major hurdle. Developments in two areas – Afghanistan ...

He bought it from one of the locals during a mountaineering expedition in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan and paid extra for the carved attachment hook as wood is scarce in the region.

The Kyrgyz government is offering humanitarian aid to ethnic Kyrgyz roaming the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan. Many inhabitants of this region leave their highland homes in search of ...