Shir Khan Bandar
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Shir Khan Bandar is a port on the Panj River in Afghanistan on the border with Tajikistan. Its old name was Qezel Qal‘eh. It was renamed after Shir Khan Nashir, Khan of the Kharoti tribe, governor of Kunduz and the rest of northern Afghanistan in the 1930s.
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It is currently served via a new road bridge to Panji Poyon across the river in Tajikistan.
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Coordinates: 37°11′25″N 68°36′24″E / 37.19028°N 68.60667°E
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