Parachinar is the capital of Kurram Agency, FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) of Pakistan. It is situated on a neck of Pakistani territory south of Peshawar, that juts into Paktia Province in Afghanistan and is the closest point in Pakistan to Kabul and borders on the Tora Bora region in Af... |
Located at about 2400 meters above sea level the Bamiyan Valley offers a tranquil atmosphere to its visitors with snow caped range of Kohe-e-Baba in the South and by steep sandstone cliffs in the North, in which massive statues of Buddha were carved. The area of Bamiyan flourished under the reigns o... |
Dozens of destroyed tanks still line the road from Kabul to Panjshir Valley. But Panjshir is possibly the most beautiful valley in Afghanistan. The Panjshir Valley is a valley in north-central Afghanistan, 150 km north of Kabul, near the Hindukush mountain range.The valley is home to more than 300,0... |
Tajikistan is situated at the crossroads of major Asian civilisations – Chinese, Indian, Persian, Russian and Turkish, and was influenced by all of them. For this reason the conflict in this country was one of potentially most dangerous of all the wars in the former USSR. Tajikistan is a land-lock... |
