Northeast Afghanistan Voyage Tips and guide

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 now in Uzbekistan or Tajikistan.

Map of Northeast Afghanistan

• 37.119270.57871 Faizabad — a lovely town on the bank of Kokcha River. Nearby is the Lake Shewa, one of the sources of the Amu Darya
• 36.7368.872 Kunduz — a town with large Uzbek and Tajik majorities

• 37.16569.411 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
• 36.0568.5666672 Surkh Kotal (also called Sar-i Chashma) — the location of huge temples and statues made during the rule of the Kushans.
• 35.10369.2323 Shamali Plain – windy green plains producing much of the food for central Afghanistan, badly hit by the wars
• 35.2570.754 Nuristan – one of the most remote areas on Earth, right up in the Hindu Kush mountains
• 37735 Wakhan Corridor – the Wakhan National Park; river valleys surrounded by very rugged mountain country, squished between Tajikistan and Pakistan
• 35.26666769.4666676 Panjshir Valley – river valley popular for its mountains
• 36.705771.573537 Sultan Eshkashim Market town at the border of Ishkashim village, Tajikistan

• Badakhshan Province, part of the ancient kingdom of Badakhshan; the rest of it is in Tajikistan
• Baghlan Province
• Kunduz Province
• Nuristan Province
• Panjshir Province
• Takhar Province

36.66568.911 Kunduz Airport, UND ^IATA. Flights from Fayzabad, Kabul by East Horizon Airlines^{[dead link]} and Kam Air