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To date, China has strongly denied reports that its military is conducting patrols within
Afghanistan, but has conceded that "joint counter-terrorism operations" with Afghan authorities are underway. Ren Guoqiang, a spokesman for the People's Liberation Army, said that "the law enforcement
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Corridor and Afghanistan—the Tegerman Su Valley. ... Tegerman Su is a sensitive area: Kirghiz report the possibility of robbery by neighboring Tajiks. ... the Kirghiz did tell me about Tajik bandits stealing their animals at
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Tajikistan, and was the route by which the Soviets occupied the eastern part of Wakhan. The border is now closed. In 2000 the road was used to deliver humanitarian aid to the Kyrgyz of the Little Pamir, and in 2003 a trade fair was held at the border for a few hours.
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Tajikistan just beyond China's western frontier, according to interviews, analysis of satellite images and photographs, and firsthand observations by a Washington Post
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Chinese-Tajik-Afghan border patrol base was set up across the border on the Tajikistan side that remained secretive for a few years. Their joint patrol in Little Pamir using Chinese vehicles were spotted as early as 2016.
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585:"In Central Asia's forbidding highlands, a quiet newcomer: Chinese troops"
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680:Landforms of Badakhshan Province
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295:"Wakhan Woluswali in Badakhshan"
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144:پامیر خرد
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