Shir Khan Bandar
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Shir Khan Bandar is a port
on the Panj River
in Afghanistan
on the border with Tajikistan
. Its old name was Qezel Qal‘eh. It was renamed after Shir Khan Nashir, Khan
of the Kharoti
tribe, governor of Kunduz
and the rest of northern Afghanistan in the 1930s.
to Panji Poyon
across the river in Tajikistan.
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
on the Panj River
Panj River
The Panj River , also known as Pyandzh River or Piandj River , is a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river is 1,125 km long and forms a considerable part of the Afghanistan - Tajikistan border....
in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
on the border with Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
. Its old name was Qezel Qal‘eh. It was renamed after Shir Khan Nashir, Khan
Khan (title)
Khan is an originally Altaic and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turko-Mongol tribes living to the north of China. 'Khan' is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283 and 289...
of the Kharoti
Kharoti
Kharoti is a Pashtun tribe of Ghilzai origin. The tribe has an estimated population of about 2.5 million ....
tribe, governor of Kunduz
Kunduz
Kunduz also known as Kundûz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital of Kunduz Province. It is linked by highways with Mazari Sharif to the west, Kabul to the south and Tajikistan's border to the north...
and the rest of northern Afghanistan in the 1930s.
Transport
It is currently served via a new road bridgeTajikistan–Afghanistan bridge at Panji Poyon
The Tajikistan-Afghanistan bridge spanning the Panj River between Panji Poyon , Tajikistan and Sherkhan Bandar, Afghanistan was opened on 26 August 2007.The two lane bridge is 672 meters long and 11.6 meters wide...
to Panji Poyon
Panji Poyon
Panji Poyon , also known since the times of the Soviet Union as Nizhny Panj is a border checkpoint on the Tajik side of the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border...
across the river in Tajikistan.
See also
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- HairatanHairatanHairatan is a border town in the north of Balkh province, Afghanistan, on the Amu Darya river. The river forms the border with Uzbekistan, and the two nations are connected by the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge. The city of Termez in Uzbekistan is close to Hairatan...
- Demogan
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- Railway stations in Afghanistan