Northeast Afghanistan

[[file:WV banner NE Afghanistan Mountain road.jpg|1280px]] This section covers the Northeastern portion of Afghanistan.

The historic region of Bactria spanned territory that included parts of northern Afghanistan—plus areas that are in Uzbekistan or Tajikistan.

Kunduz was an important city.

Regions of Northeast Afghanistan

Nuristan

Wakhan Corridor

Panjshir Valley

Nuristan Wakhan Corridor Panjshir Valley

Official Provinces

• Badakhshan Province
• Baghlan Province
• Kunduz Province
• Nuristan Province
• Panjshir Province
• Takhar Province

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Cities

• GPS 37.1192 ,70.5787 |zoom=10 Faizabad (Afghanistan) | Faizabad — a lovely town on the bank of Kokcha River. Nearby is the Lake Shewa, one of the sources of the Amu Darya
• GPS 36.73 ,68.87 |zoom=9 Kunduz - a town with large Uzbek and Tajik majorities, besieged by American and Afghan Special Forces in November 2001, during the War in Afghanistan.

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GPS 37.165 ,69.410 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 GPS 36.05 ,68.566667 |zoom=10Surkh Kotal (also called Sar-i Chashma) — the location of huge temples and statues made during the rule of the Kushans.

• Shamali Plain

Travel to Northeast Afghanistan

GPS 36.665 ,68.910 |zoom=12* Kunduz Airport, IATA Flight Code: UND. Flights from Fayzabad, Kabul by East Horizon Airlines and / Kam Air

Stay Safe

Travel to all areas of Northeast Afghanistan remains at high risk for ongoing military combat operations and insurgent attacks. On September 28, 2015, Taliban fighters attacked the city of Kunduz, causing government forces retreating outside of the city.

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