Arakht

Arakht is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.{{cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/ |title=NGA GeoNames Database |publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |access-date=2008-05-27}}

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It is located between Lake Shiva and the Panj River,{{cite book |editor= Adamec, Ludwig W.|title=Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan |volume=1 |year=1972 |publisher=Akadamische Druck-u. Verlangsanstalt |location= Graz, Austria |pages= 23}} at an elevation of {{convert|3100|m|ft}} near the Tajikistan border. It lies {{convert|3.3|mi|km|order=flip}} from Pish, {{convert|2.6|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip}} from Wishtayn, {{convert|3.8|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip}} from Gordzhak and {{convert|6.2|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip}} from Ghar Javin.

The nearest airport is {{convert|9|mi|km|abbr=on|0|order=flip}} away across the border at Khorog.