BADAKHSHAN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001900930002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: LIST

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BADAKHSHAN AREA
1. Faizabad. White buildings are military installation. Kokcha River in
foreground. Facing NE.
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o 12. Bridge on main highway at Faizabad. During annual floods, water washes
over top of bridge, completely submerging the bridge, suspending all
traffic.
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Kokcha River looking downstream from Faizabad,
Faizabad from road leading eastward along north side of Kokoha River,
facing NW.
Faizabad from the east, looking NW. Kokcha River is out of sight to the
left.
0 6. Road just east of Faizabad. Opium poppies growing in field at side of
road.
7. Kokcha River at Faizabad in June, just as it was starting to rise in its
annual flood season.
Typical Hindu Kush terrain showing naked alluvial hills. Looking north-
west from Faizabad.
/'9* Road along Kokcha River enroute to Faizabad. Road is subject to flooding
during brief periods of high water.
10. Bridge on main highway in Badakhshan, typical of many bridges in this
mountainous area.
11. Village somewhere east of Taliqan enroute to Badakhshan, typical of terrain
east of Taliqan.
.1 12.. Village somewhere east of Taliqan enroute to Badakhshan, typical of
terrain east of Taligan.
13. Kunduz, facing east. Dry moat surrounds city.
14. Kunduz River at Kunduz, facing NW.
MAZA.R-I-SHARIF AREA
15. Tashkurgan market scene..
(/16. Mazar-i-Sharif, central business district, mosque in background, facing NE.
17. Mosque at Mazar-i-Sharif, facing SE in late afternoon.
,/18. Aq Chah, street scene and old fortress.
/19. Aq Chah fortress.
v 20. Steppe between Shibarghan and Andkhui, terrain typical of Turkestan plain.
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Uzbek tents on Turkestan plain between Shibarghan and Andkhui,
22.
Ziarat Khwoja Du Koh between Shibarghan and Andkhui.
23.
Andkhui, governor's administration building.
MA -HERAT AREA
/24. Cultivated plain near Maimana, typical of terrain in Maimana area.
/ 25. Murghab River near Busbai, between Bala Murghab and Qala Nau.
/26, Northeastern approach to Sabzak Pass, looking back in a northerly direction,
o 27. Top of Sabzak Pass, looking back doon the road in a northerly direction.
28. Main highway into Herat near KarQkh. Low hills and very broad valleys
typical of terrain in Hari R.ud Valley area. Precise location believed
to be near Geje, west of'Badamtu, northeast of Karokh.
C) 29. Karokh, facing north. Low hills and broad valleys are typical of terrain
in Hari Rud Valley.
30. Melon cultivation near Karokh, Herat area,
BAZ1IAN-KABUL AREA
31. Baxmian town, from top of Buddha.
32. Barman River, along main highway between Barian and Pul-i Khumri.
33. Bamian in April, facing South. Shahar-i-Gholghola in foreground across
river, Koh-i-Baba Range in background.
/34, Ghorband Valley between Chardeh Ghorband and Jabal us Siraj.
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