The historic region of Bactria spanned territory that included parts of northern Afghanistan—plus areas that are now in Uzbekistan or Tajikistan.
Map of Northeast Afghanistan
Cities
[edit]- 1 Faizabad — a lovely town on the bank of Kokcha River. Nearby is the Lake Shewa, one of the sources of the Amu Darya
- 2 Kunduz — a town with large Uzbek and Tajik majorities
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Ai-Khanoum — a monumental Hellenistic city at the strategic confluence of the Oxus river and the Kokcha river, destroyed by the nomadic Yuezhi around 145 BC
- 2 Surkh Kotal (also called Sar-i Chashma) — the location of huge temples and statues made during the rule of the Kushans.
- 3 Shamali Plain – windy green plains producing much of the food for central Afghanistan, badly hit by the wars
- 4 Nuristan – one of the most remote areas on Earth, right up in the Hindu Kush mountains
- 5 Wakhan Corridor – the Wakhan National Park; river valleys surrounded by very rugged mountain country, squished between Tajikistan and Pakistan
- 6 Panjshir Valley – river valley popular for its mountains
- 7 Sultan Eshkashim Market town at the border of Ishkashim village, Tajikistan
Understand
[edit]Official Provinces
[edit]- Badakhshan Province, part of the ancient kingdom of Badakhshan; the rest of it is in Tajikistan
- Baghlan Province
- Kunduz Province
- Nuristan Province
- Panjshir Province
- Takhar Province
Get in
[edit]1 Kunduz Airport, UND IATA. Flights from Fayzabad, Kabul by East Horizon Airlines[dead link] and Kam Air
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