Gorno-badakhshan
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Definitions
- 1 An autonomous region of Tajikistan, home to the Pamir mountains and peoples. Capital: Khorugh.
"Tajikistan has launched an "anti-terror operation" in its restive Gorno-Badakhshan province, which borders Afghanistan and China, Russia's RIA news agency cited the Tajik interior ministry as saying on Wednesday.[…] Dozens of people were killed in clashes between a domestic armed group and government forces in Gorno-Badakhshan in 2012."
Example
More examples"Tajikistan has launched an "anti-terror operation" in its restive Gorno-Badakhshan province, which borders Afghanistan and China, Russia's RIA news agency cited the Tajik interior ministry as saying on Wednesday.[…] Dozens of people were killed in clashes between a domestic armed group and government forces in Gorno-Badakhshan in 2012."
Etymology
From Russian Горно-Бадахша́н (Gorno-Badaxšán, literally “Mountainous Badakhshan”).https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/gbao.htm
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