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POV edits by Indian editors

just wanted admins to note that indian editors such as Shovon and the grey editor are adding the disputed tag on this article while removing it from baramulla which is in indian occupied kashmir i will not stop unless this tage is placed is baramulla or removed from here86.151.123.157 (talk) 09:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

William M. Connolley is an admin. http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Special:ListUsers&limit=1&username=William+M.+Connolley Thegreyanomaly (talk) 22:28, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I have placed a soft protection on this article. 86.151.123.157, if you want to discuss your complaint on this talk page, please do. I hope we can work out some common ground. Kingturtle (talk) 15:14, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

In Icy Tip of Afghanistan, War Seems Remote

The rules that apply to the rest of Afghanistan are often irrelevant in the Wakhan Corridor, a frigid, finger-shaped stretch of land squeezed between Tajikistan, Pakistan and China that is cut off from the Afghan heartland by the icy ramparts of the Hindu Kush. Here, the one constant of life for most Afghans — war — is as distant as a tropical wind.

From the Soviet invasion to the civil war to the Taliban takeover to the anti-Taliban resistance, the Wakhan has remained largely free of strife. No Taliban show their faces here, nor do American soldiers. Villagers train to be wildlife rangers, not army rangers. The prevalent brand of Islam, Ismailism, is moderate; its spiritual leader, the Aga Khan, is a billionaire society figure in Paris.

Rest of article at

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/world/asia/28wakhan.html?ref=world

Good Map of Region

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/10/28/world/asia/28wakhan.html?ref=asia

Photo Slideshow

An Afghan Corridor Cloistered From War

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/10/27/world/asia/20101028WAKHAN.html?ref=asia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.250.155.34 (talk) 19:42, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Geographical measurements

• Reuters says :

"The Wakhan Corridor extends in a panhandle in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province up to the relatively small border with China's Xinjiang province. The corridor is roughly 210 km long (130 miles) long and between 20 km and 60 km wide."

• New York Times says:

"More than 12,000 people live in the 220-mile corridor, a series of broad valleys and high-altitude plateaus carved by the Panj River. "

• International Boundary Study No. 26 (Revised) – September 15, 1983 Afghanistan – U.S.S.R. Boundary says in p. 3:

"The easternmost 218 kilometers in the Wakhan Corridor follow mountain crests in the Pamirs."

• IBS map quotes same 218 kilometers.

I'm inclined to believe IBS is the authoritative source on this one, and NYT simply botched on their article the length of Wakhan corridor simply substituting mi for km. The width is directly not quoted, but by looking the map 20-60 km or 10-40 miles is as good guess as any. Cheers, Rayshade (talk) 22:58, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Political situation

How was the political situation during the Taliban reign, how is the political situation now? That corridor does not look like the Taliban could have ever had a good grip on the corridor, so that might be interesting. --212.201.78.234 (talk) 22:47, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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