This strip, often referred to as the Wakhan corridor ... the route of armies and explorers and missionaries. Marco Polo passed through in the late 1200s. But communist revolutions—Russia ...

Contending with snow, cold, and a tired donkey, Paul Salopek takes his last steps in Afghanistan’s Wakhan corridor as ... the magnificent horns of wild Marco Polo sheep at sacred springs.

Such strategic vulnerabilities of the Wakhan Corridor, offer India a perfect geopolitical lever to counterbalance Beijing's regional ambitions. For Pakistan, Wakhan corridor is critical for the ...

He bought it from one of the locals during a mountaineering expedition in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan ... of years ago when people like Marco Polo travelled the silk road to China along ...

Pakistan-Taliban war: Amid heightened tensions between Kabul and Islamabad and the looming threat of a full-blown Pakistan-Taliban war, Wakhan Corridor, a strategic narrow strip of land in ...