evidence: Wakhan: The Corridor of Complication between Taliban, Pakistan and China [...] Wakhan is a remote district in the hilly Badakhshan province, which is 217 miles long and less than 9 miles wide and in between northeastern Afghanistan and Central Asia and ends with the narrow border between Afghanistan and China, which is only 47 miles long. The Hindukush Mountain range to the west and the Karakorum mountains to the south encircle Wakhan. The district borders Tajikistan to the north, Pakistan to the south, and China to the northeast. The high-altitude region that connects Central and South Asia is largely covered in snow. [...] Experts also believe that Pakistan is trying to utilize its strategic proximity to Afghanistan and the Wakhan Corridor to posture its intentions in controlling the advancement of the Taliban toward the Western borders of China, bordering on the Tashkorgan (Tashkurgan) Autonomous County in the Kashgar Prefecture of Western Xinjiang region.