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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 955 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KUSHK , a See also:

river of See also:Afghanistan, which also gives its name to the See also:chief See also:town in the Afghan See also:province of See also:Badghis, and to a military See also:post on the border of See also:Russian See also:Turkestan. The river Kushk,during a portion of its course, forms the boundary between Afghan and Russian territory; but the town is some 20 M. from the border. Kushk, or Kushkinski Post, is now a See also:fourth-class Russian fortress, on a Russian See also:branch railway from See also:Merv, the See also:terminus of which is 12 M. to the See also:south, at Chahil Dukteran. It is served by both the Transcaspian and the See also:Orenburg-See also:Tashkent See also:railways. The terminus is only 66 m. from See also:Herat, and in the event of See also:war would become an important See also:base for a Russian advance. Some confusion has arisen through the popular application of the name of Kushk to this terminus, though it is situated neither at the Russian post nor at the old town. (T. H.

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