[1] Locally known as Vamar (Persian: وامر, Pamiri: Vamár) it is a town located in the Rushon District on the border with Afghanistan 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Khorugh.

It is at this point that the Vamardaya creek cascades from a steep V shaped gorge in the mountains behind the town, into Panj River.

In 1885 Russians liberated Pamiri kingdoms of Panj right bank but soon gave them to Manghit Emirate of Bukhara where they resided until the October Revolution.

During Soviet Era the Castle of Vamar was destroyed and its territory mainly demolished giving way to military base facilities.

[2] Local residents had been blocking the road to Khorugh, where protests against human rights violations were ongoing, in order to prevent a military convoy from passing.