Excerpt: After the Khargush Pass, the Wakhan Valley opened up before us, divided by the Pamir River into a northern Tajik side and a southern Afghan side. The contrast of the two sides of the river was stark, with concrete and old stone dominating the Tajik side and mud-brick and hay dominating the Afghan side, but both sides are shockingly fertile, green and leafy, dotted with small villages and every now and than a sign left by the Aga Khan.
The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismailis, single-handedly prevented mass starvation in the Pamirs during the Civil War….
via A Week in the Pamirs: Part Two, Murgab to Langar « Ramble While You Ramble.
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