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Shirk Destination Guide

Explore Shirk in Afghanistan

Shirk in the region of Badakhshan is a town in Afghanistan - some 267 mi or ( 430 km ) North-East of Kabul , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Shirk

Current time in Shirk is now 10:51 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kabul " with a UTC offset of 4.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wazit, Sust, Kret, Khandud, and Kabul. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Wazit . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Shirk ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Road to Boroghil-e-Sarhad

5:28 min by Sambor1965
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3 bikers from Poland and Slovakia travelling to Sarhad-e-Broghil, Wakhan, Afghanistan. August 2009. ..

Visit the Wakhan Corridor

2:22 min by mountunity
Views: 13667 Rating: 5.00

A short film of our trip to the Wakhan Corridor in north east Afghanistan. ..


Mountaineering in the Wakhan

1:45 min by mountunity
Views: 2670 Rating: 5.00

Mountaineers make a first ascent in the Afghan Wakhan Corridor. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Wakhan Corridor

Wakhan Corridor (alternatively Vakhan Corridor) is commonly used as a synonym for Wakhan, an area of far north-eastern Afghanistan which forms a land link or "corridor" between Afghanistan and China. The Corridor is a long and slender panhandle or salient, roughlyBad rounding here{{#invoke:Math|precision_format| 220*1,000/1,609.344 | 1-2 }} miles (220 km) long and between 10 and 40 miles (and km) wide.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.00 73.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Geography of Afghanistan, Pakistan–Tajikistan relations, Sites along the Silk Road, Wakhan