No Man's Land on the Pamir Highway The Pamir Highway is a 1,500 kilometer stretch of treacherous mountain road that cuts through Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
This rugged thoroughfare has been a hotbed of conflict since the Soviet invasion in the 1980s, when Central Asian states and Afghanistan clashed over borders and resources.
The history of border control on the Pamir Highway is complex, rooted in politics, geography, and economics.