Another road goes east over the Kulma Pass to the Karakoram Highway in China connecting to Tashkurgan to the south and Kashgar to the north.

From 1892 to 1893, a fortification named Shadzhansky Post (Russian: Шаджанский пост) existed on the site of the current town of Murghob.

[4] Other records published much later state that Pamirsky Post was actually established elsewhere on 26 July 1903, as new barracks near the village of Kuni Kurgan.

[5] The modern town of Murghob was constructed during the period of Soviet rule in Tajikistan as a rest stop along the Pamir Highway.

The old Soviet military outpost closed in 2002, causing economic hardship partially offset by a rise in tourism.