How to innocently walk into a military zone near the Afghan border.
April 15th 2009 It was a nice afternoon stroll coming back from the world’s second highest Botanic Garden. I was heading to my accommodation in the busy little Pamiri town of Khorog. That was until I walked along the river and saw four Tajiki soldiers walking along the bridge.
Khorog is the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan region (Pamirs) and borders Afghanistan. It lies in a valley surrounded by four peaks with a
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