Badakhshan Province

Afghanistan

Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, shares 53 connections with 1589 other places across 13 topics, spanning military conflict, natural geography, and governance. Military and political topics make up the bulk of its connections, with Pakistan and China among its most-shared co-connected places. Its Wakhan District holds Afghanistan's only border with China. Lapis lazuli mines in the province, among the largest known in ancient times, funded Northern Alliance troops during the civil war. The province also carries high rates of maternal mortality from limited health infrastructure.