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Afghanistan
Afghanistan is located in Southwestern Asia. In the west is the
Islamic Republic of Iran, South and southeast is Pakistan, in the
north Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and the eastern most
part borders China is made up of at least 4 separate areas and 44
different languages. The southern half of Afghanistan is Pakistan.
The Northwest is actually half of Khorasan Persia, which was
partitioned by the British. The dominant city in this region is
Herat, which is a historical center of Persian civilization. The center
highland is the Hazarajat, the land of the Hazara. The Hazara are a
separate people with a distinct ethnicity, look, and religion. The
North is the southern section of Turkestan. The dominant city is
Mazar-I-Sheriff which is predominantly Uzbek.
Afghanistan is divided by steep mountains and is very hot in summer
and equally cold in winter. Of the seven North-south passes through
the Hindu Kush are navigable in winter.
It is a rugged, mountainous country with cold winters and hot
summers. Measuring 647,500 square km the country is very poor with
only a few miles of railroads, no navigable waterways, no ports and
the people are primarily small farmers and herders.
Trip Itinerary:
Day 01
Islamabad:
Arrive Islamabad. Transfer to
hotel.
Day 02
Peshawar:
Drive to Peshawar. Apply for a tribal area permit. Hotel.
Day 03 Kabul:
Drive to Kabul enroute Khyber Pass. Hotel.
Day 04 Kabul:
Apply for Wahakan permit, and sightseeing. Hotel.
Day 05 Faizabad-Ishkashim:
Fly to Faizabad
and continue to Ishkashim. Guest House/Local
House.
Day 06 Sarhad:
Drive to Sarhad. Camp/Local House.
Day 07 Trek around Sarhad:
Day for trek around Sarhad. Camp/Local House.
Day 08 Ishkashim:
Drive
to Ishkashim.
Guest House/Local
House.
Day
09 Faizabad:
Drive to
Faizabad. Guest
House.
Day 10 Kabul-Bamian:
Fly to Kabul and then drive to Bamian. Hotel.
Day 11 Bamian:
Day for sightseeing at Giant Buddha and drive to Kabul.
Hotel.
Day
12: Fly
to Islamabad
or drive to Peshawar. Hotel.
Day 13: Day free at Islamabad or drive to Islamabad.
Hotel.
Day 14: Transfer to airport for your homebound flight.
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