The handbook of Central Asia: a comprehensive survey of the new republics, Giampaolo R. Capisani, I.B. Tauris, 2000, ... The easternmost of these, Viloyati Mukhtori Kuhistoni Badakhshoni, is autonomous, unlike the others (kuhi in Tajik, or gorno in Russian, means mountain). The region is not easily accessible, as the road there is often unusable ...
Afghanistan: a country without a state?, Christine Noelle-Karimi, Conrad J. Schetter, Reinhard Schlagintweit, Institut für Informations und Kommunikationsökologie, IKO, 2002, ISBN 978-3-88939-628-0, ... While eastern Badakhshan fringes Pakistan, at its easternmost point, through a short stretch along the Wakhan Corridor, the province is also connected with China ...