Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border

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international border

The Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border is the international boundary separating Afghanistan from Turkmenistan in Central Asia, running largely through arid steppe and desert regions and serving as a key corridor for regional trade and energy transit.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Afghan-Turkmen borderlands	1
Afghanistan border	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international border ⓘ
borderCrossing	Imamnazar–Aqina crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerki–Khamyab crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Torghundi–Serhetabat crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderRegime	heavily controlled ⓘ
borderType	land border ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryOnSide	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
definedBy	Anglo-Russian boundary commissions NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire–Afghan agreements NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
followsRiver	Amu Darya NERFINISHED ⓘ Harirud River NERFINISHED ⓘ Murghab River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	desert sections ⓘ riverine sections ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	border checkpoints ⓘ highways ⓘ railway links ⓘ
historicalContext	Great Game NERFINISHED ⓘ
lengthApproxKm	800 ⓘ
locatedIn	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearCityOnAfghanSide	Andkhoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Herat NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearCityOnTurkmenSide	Serhetabat NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenabat NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Afghanistan–Central Asia border NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Iran region NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfProjectCorridor	Lapis Lazuli Corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ TAPI pipeline corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Central Asia ⓘ
securityIssue	drug trafficking ⓘ irregular migration ⓘ smuggling ⓘ
separates	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	access route for Turkmen energy exports ⓘ link between South Asia and Central Asia ⓘ
successorTo	Russian Empire–Afghanistan border NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union–Afghanistan border NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrain	arid steppe ⓘ desert ⓘ
usedFor	energy transit ⓘ regional trade ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahal Region → borderFeature → Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border ⓘ

Saryk → historicallyLocatedIn → Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan-Turkmen borderlands

Afghan Border Police → jurisdiction → Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border ⓘ

Chagai Desert → locatedNear → Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghanistan border

Torghundi → partOf → Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border ⓘ