Subject: Re: Afghanistan-China Border
Date: Mar 20, 2003 @ 23:28
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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welcome kirk

some recent info here
http://www.iwpr.net/archive/arr/arr_200210_32_3_eng.txt

but no pix
& we have no data at all yet on either tripoint

must be one of the coolest borders on earth tho

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "kirkman123"
<kirkman123@y...> wrote:
> The countries of Afghanistan and China share a common
border of
> approximately 38 miles, located at the east end of the Wakhan
> Corridor in Afghanistan. There is apparently a road of some
sort
> that connects Afghanistan with China, passing through their
common
> border. I suppose there are also many "footpaths" as well.
Does
> anyone have a picture of the border checkpoint between these
two
> countries? Does anyone have any information about the road
between
> the two? From news accounts, I believe the Chinese closed
the border
> at the time the US and other countries began to go into
Afghantistan,
> but I've seen no pictures of the border.
>
> Kirk