Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa..
The geo-political importance of the Wakhan corridor and its potential has been understood by many writers in different ways. It has its magnificence of its geographical location and a means of communication as well as a highway for trade. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the Wakhan corridor remained a strategic post for its forces and had a pivotal position in the global conflict of the two superpowers in the early 1980's. It has strategic roads towards Afghanistan, Tajikistan,Sinkiang of China, and the northern belt of Pakistan. Pakistan as well as China both has larger geo-political and geo strategic interests in this region;along with the U.S. strategic clash with China, it seems that the Wakhan Corridor would serve as a testing ground for major land warfare in the coming years. This paper attempts to analyze the geopolitical and strategic significance of the Wakhan Corridor.
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Wakhan, Corridor, Geo-Political, Strategic, Importance
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(1) Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad
Assistant Professor, Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Munib Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
(3) Muhammad Shoaib Malik
Associate Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahmad, M. S., Ahmed, M., & Malik, M. S. (2021). Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa... Global Political Review, VI(III), 27-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).03
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel, Munib Ahmed, and Muhammad Shoaib Malik. 2021. "Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa..." Global Political Review, VI (III): 27-34 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).03
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HARVARD : AHMAD, M. S., AHMED, M. & MALIK, M. S. 2021. Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa... Global Political Review, VI, 27-34.
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MHRA : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel, Munib Ahmed, and Muhammad Shoaib Malik. 2021. "Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa..." Global Political Review, VI: 27-34
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MLA : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel, Munib Ahmed, and Muhammad Shoaib Malik. "Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa..." Global Political Review, VI.III (2021): 27-34 Print.
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OXFORD : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel, Ahmed, Munib, and Malik, Muhammad Shoaib (2021), "Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa..", Global Political Review, VI (III), 27-34
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TURABIAN : Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel, Munib Ahmed, and Muhammad Shoaib Malik. "Buffered Border Corridor: The Geo-Political and Strategic Significance of the Wa..." Global Political Review VI, no. III (2021): 27-34. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-III).03