Andkhoy
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Andkhui, a town in northern Afghanistan, Faryab Province, is located at
The town (said to have been founded by Alexander the Great) stands between the northern spurs of the Paropamisus and the Oxus; it is 100 m. due west of Balkh on the edge of the Turkmen desert. The khanate is of importance as being one of the most northern in Afghanistan, on the Russian border. Until 1820 it was subject to Bokhara, but in that year Mahmud Khan besieged it for four months, took it by storm and left it a heap of ruins. To preserve himself from utter destruction the khan threw himself into the arms of the Afghans. The tract in which Andkhui stands is fertile, but proverbially unhealthy; the Persians account it "a hell upon earth" by reason of its scorching sands, brackish water, flies and scorpions. The district was allotted to Afghanistan by the Russo-Afghan boundary commission of 1885.
There are about 1000 teachers and 40000 students in this small town.
The fact that the town is located on one of the biggest trade routes between the Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan does not help Andkui economically. The town recently got access to the outside world through the mobile phone thanks to ROSHAN GSM company.
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