National Park in 2014. Popular culture The Wakhan plays a large role in Greg Mortenson's book, Stones into Schools. This book tells the story of the building of a school in the Kyrgyz village of Bozai Gumbaz. The factual accuracy of this account is strongly disputed in Jon Krakauer's ebook Three Cups of Deceit. Footnotes References Gordon, T. E. 1876. The Roof of the World: Being the Narrative of a Journey over the high plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus sources on Pamir. Edinburgh. Edmonston and Douglas. Reprint: Ch’eng Wen Publishing Company. Taipei. 1971. Kokaisl, Petr. The lifestyles and changes in culture of Afghan Kyrgyz and Kyrgyz in Kyrgyzstan. Asian Ethnicity. 2013, vol. 14, issue 4, pages 407–433. . Online Shahrani, M. Nazif. (1979) The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan: Adaptation to Closed Frontiers and War. Munshi Abdur Rahim. Journey to Badakhshan with Report on Wakhan and Badakhshan. 1885. Stein, Aurel M. 1921a. Serindia: Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China, 5 vols. London & Oxford. Clarendon Press. Reprint: Delhi. Motilal Banarsidass. 1980. Stein Aurel M. 1921. "A Chinese expedition across the Pamirs and Hindukush, A.D. 747". Indian Antiquary 1923. From: www.pears2.lib.Ohio-state.edu/ FULLTEXT/TR-ENG/aurel.htm. Last modified 24 June 1997. Retrieved 13 January 1999. Stein Aurel M. 1928. Innermost Asia: Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran, 5 vols. Clarendon Press. Reprint: New Delhi. Cosmo Publications. 1981. Stein Aurel M. 1929. On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-west Frontier of India. London. Reprint, New York, Benjamin Blom, 1972. External links Photo Essay on Afghan Kyrgyz in Wakhan and on the group Kyrgyz that migrated to Turkey from the Wakhan Aga Khan Development Network: Wakhan and the Afghan Pamir (2010) Juldu.com Photos and Online guide to trekking in the Wakhan and Afghan Pamir Wakhan Development Partnership A project working to improve the lives of the people of Wakhan since 2003 Wakhan Corridor Photos from Afghan Wakhan Corridor Little Pamir Photos of Life of Kirghiz in Afghanistan's Little Pamir Photos From Afghanistan: Natural Beauty, Not War – slideshow by NPR Ride Report of two Polish motorcyclists who rode to Wakhan from Poland in 2009 Wong, Edward. "In Icy Tip of Afghanistan, War Seems Remote." The New York Times''. 27 October 2010. Portfolio of images from summer 2010 trek through the Afghan Pamir by Zygmunt Korytkowski, photographer and