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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Amu Darya: The Amu Darya (also Amudarya, Amudar'ya, in Persian آمودریا; Darya means "River" in Persian) is a river in Central Asia. It is navigable for over 1450 km (800 miles). Its total length is 2400 km (1500 miles)....

Afghanistan: Afghanistan (Pashtu/Dari-Persian: ?????????, Af??nist?n) is a country in Asia. It is in Central Asia and fringes upon South Asia and is sometimes allocated to one of these regions and it is often considered part of the Middle East due to its location on the Iranian plateau. It is bordered by Iran in...

Tajikistan: The Republic of Tajikistan (Тоҷикистон), formerly known as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, is a country in Central Asia. It has borders with Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Tajikistan means the 'Land of the Tajiks'....

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