Editing Badakhshan (section)

=== 20th century ===
[[File:Khwahan&shurobod.jpg|thumb|Friendship Bridge between Tajikistan, and Afghanistan, over the [[Panj river]] in [[Khwahan District|Khwahan]] and [[Shuro-obod District|Shuro-obod]].]]

In 1902, the [[Bukhara]]n (Western) Pamir came under the Russian military administration. In November 1918 the last Czarist Russian troops recognized Bolshevik rule, but in December 1919 the anti-Bolshevik Russian [[Peasant Army of Fergana]] took over. From April 1920, the vacuum of power was filled by an attempt to establish Bukharan rule until June 1920, when the Bukharans were expelled by local forces, Bolshevik rule was restored: the Stalinist [[Soviet Union]] seized the Bukharan part of [[Gorno-Badakshan]].{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
 
It was merged with the Russian (since 1895) part in 1924 to become the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous ''oblast'' (province) within the [[Tajik SSR]] in 1929. Between April 1992–1993, a Pamiri-Badakshoni [[Autonomous Republic]] was declared within independent post-Soviet [[Tajikistan]], on 6 November 1994, becoming the [[Kohistan-Badakhshan Autonomous Province]], alias Gorno-Badakhshan [[Autonomous Province]] or Mountainous Badakhshon Autonomous Veloyat.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In 1963, Badakhshan included the districts of [[Baghlan]], [[Pul-i-Khumri]], [[Dushi District|Dushi]], [[Dahan-i-Ghori]], [[Kanabad]], [[Andarab]], [[Kunduz]], [[Hazrat-i-Imam]], and [[Taloqan]]. In 1963 Qataghan-Badakhshan Province was abolished and its territory was divided into four separate provinces: Badakhshan, [[Baghlan]], [[Kunduz]] and [[Takhar]].<ref name=adamecp26>[[Ludwig W. Adamec]]. ''Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan Vol. 1. Badakhshan Province and northeastern Afghanistan''. [[Graz]] : Akad. Druck- und Verl.-Anst., 1972. p. 26.</ref>

Tajik Badakhshan witnessed fierce fighting during the [[Tajikistani Civil War]] in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-unconquerable-gorno-badakhshan-region/29534057.html|title = Tajikistan's Unconquerable Gorno-Badakhshan Region| newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | date=9 October 2018 | last1=Pannier | first1=Bruce }}</ref> At the height of [[Taliban]] strength during the [[Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)|Afghan Civil War]] circa 2000, [[Badakhshan Province|Afghan Badakhashan]] was a stronghold for the [[Northern Alliance]].