Panj River

The Panj River also called the Pyandzh River is a tributary of the Amu Darya, in Afghanistan. The river is 1,125 km long and is a part of the Afghanistan - Tajikistan border.The river starts on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in the ancient region of Badakhshan. It flows westwards alongside the border of two countries. After passing the city of Khorog, capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan it receives water from one of its main tributaries river of Murghab. It continues to flow to the south west before getting waters from Vakhsh and Darya rivers and forming the greatest river of Central Asia-Amudarya. Panj has been playing a very important role during Soviet Times and has been a strategic river for the Sovietmilitary operations in Afghanistan in 1980's.

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Tributary - Amu Darya - Afghanistan - Tajikistan - Badakhshan - Khorog - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region - Murghab - Vakhsh - Darya - Central Asia - Amudarya - Panj - Soviet

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