Proper noun
Gorno-Badakhshan
An autonomous region of Tajikistan, home to the Pamir mountains and peoples. Capital: Khorugh.
The border between Gorno-Badakhshan and Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province - in the remote, mountainous area along the Pyandzh river - was sealed on Tuesday, Khushnud Rakhmatullayev, spokesman for Tajikistan’s border guards, told Reuters. Source: Internet