Iran

Regions:

1. Central Iran

• • • Tehran (capital)
    • Persepolis (a Word Heritage Site)
    • Pasargad (Achaemenid Empire – Tomb of Cyrus)

2. Caspian Iran

• • • Masouleh mountain village
    • Badab-e Surt hot spring terraces
    • Golestan National Park

3. Iranian Azerbaijan

• • • Tabriz
    • Takht-e Soleyman Zoroastrian temple (a World Heritage site)

4. Western Iran

• • • Alamut (castle of assassins)

5. Gulf Region

• • • Qeshm Island
    • Kish Island

6. Baluchistan

• • • Shahr-e Sukhteh (a World Heritage site)
    • Dasht-e Lut salt desert (a World Heritage site)

7. Khorasan

• • • Akbarieh Gardens

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Pakistan

1. Islamabad Capital Territory

• • • Islamabad

2. Punjab

• • • Harappa ruins
    • Lahore: (1) Lahore Fort, (2) Badshahi Mosque, (3) Jehangir’s Tomb, (4) Shalimar Gardens, (5) Faqir Khana Museum, (6) Lahore Museum, (7) Minar-i-Pakistan Monument, (8) Shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh Hajveri, (9) Prince Kamran Baradari Park, and (10) Mosque of Wazir Khan

3. Sindh

• • • Karachi
    • Mohenjo-daro ruins

4. Balochistan

• • • Quetta
    • Hazarganji Chiltan National Park

5. Federally Administered Tribal Areas

• • • Khyber Pass

6. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province)

• • • Kaghan Valley

7. Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)

• • • K2 (Mount Godwin Austen)
    • Central Karakoram National Park

8. Azad Kashmir

• • • Pakistani Kashmir

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Afghanistan

1. Eastern (Nuristani and Pashai) Afghanistan

• • • Kabul (capital)

2. Northeastern (Tajik and Kirghiz) Afghanistan

• • • Kunduz

3. Northwestern (Uzbeki) Afghanistan

• • • Mazar-e Sharif

4. Western (Dari and Turkmeni) Afghanistan

• • • Herat: (1) Friday Mosque, (2) Herat Old City, (3) Herat Citadel, (4) Gazar Gah shrine, (5) Musalla Complex & Minarets, (6) Jami’s Tomb, (7) Mausoleum of Gowhar Shad, (8) Takht-e Safar Garden, (9) Pul-e Malan Bridge, and (10) Zarnegar Khana Palace
    • Minaret of Jam

5. Southern (Pashto and Balochi) Afghanistan

• • • Kandahar