Ishkoshim, Tajikistan

Ishkoshim (Tajik: Ишкошим), also Ishkashim (Russian: Ишкашим), is a village and a jamoat in south-east Tajikistan.

[3] It is the seat of Ishkoshim District in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.

[1] It lies on the river Panj, at the point where its direction turns sharply north.

Ishkoshim lies opposite a town of the same name in neighboring Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, although the name of the Afghan town is normally transliterated Ishkashim.

[4] There are plans to reconstruct the 100-km highway connecting Ishkoshim to the regional capital Khorugh, which has been damaged by snow avalanches.

The Ishkoshim border bridge
Near the bridge
Locals in the town