Pakistan Tajikistan expedite Chitral to Ishkashim road, establish rail air links

Zardari Rahmonov expedite Chitral to Ishkashim road link, establish rail air links

Mountain passes of Afghanistan (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Shikashum (Eshkashem) Afghanistan and Shikashum Tajikistan are border villages located on either sides of

Oxus River called River Amu. Only 3 hours safe drive from Broghel Pass through safe Wakhan to

Shikashum (Eshkashem?) before entering Tajikistan. 

Safest link road can easily be built from Vadinkhot to Broghel Pass (20 km). No glacier, rocks, mountains on the way from Chitral to Broghel Pass. Heavy snow can sometime stops traffic.

President Asif Ali Zardari and his Tajik  President Emomali Rahmonov of Tajikistan signed several agreements to complete road, rail and air links.

Rupee News has written an extensive report on the Pakistan vs. Tajikistan road via the Wakhan Corridor. The Wakhan corridor is disputed territory that was illegally transferred by the British to Afghanistan, to build a buffer between Tzarist Russia and The Dorah Pass on the Afghan-Pakistan-Tajik border is more than 4,300 meter

(14,000 feet) high. The pass crosses the Hindu Kush. Situated at the foot of pass is Lake Hauzi-Dorah (called Lake Dufferinduring colonial times). The lake is roughly 2¾ miles long by over 1/4 miles broad.
Dorah Pass was the route taken by Marco Polo and is situated in the Pamir region of the Wakhan corridor, a high plateau sometimes called “The roof of the world” that joins Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, China. Dorah Pass came into worldwide focus during the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan. The USSR was unable to stop the flow of arms supplies and men back and forth across the pass. Under pressure, “almost the entire Munji-speaking population of Afghanistan” migrated across the border to Chitral during the War in Afghanistan.
1. Chitral to Booni 87 km Black topped 1996 2 hours 4000 – 5000 (truck able) All weather
2. Booni to Mastuj 33 km Shingle 1976 2 hours 5000 6500 (truck able) All weather
Black topping from Booni to Mastuj and to Shandur Pass is started in 2008.
3. Mastuj to Brep 30 km Shingle 1985 2 hours 6500 – 7500 (jeep able) All weather
Blacktopping from Mastuj to Brep is approved with fund provided by Provincial Government
4. Brep to Darband 42 km Shingle 1987 3 hours 7500 – 9000 Jeep able All weather
5. Darband to Yarkhun Lasht 30 km Shingle 1990 2 hours 9000 – 11000 Jeep able All weather
Broghel Pass to Shikashum Truckable 100 km 3 hours 12480 – 10000

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