Chīras

Chiras gives its name to a valley in the rugged uplands south of Sar-e Pol. The valley follows a northern fork of the Murghab toward its headwaters, amid the mountain country between Ghor and the northern plains. Its inhabitants have long been connected with neighbouring highland communities. The narrow valley and its tributaries provide routes through a landscape of steep slopes, where settlements and grazing lands lie between the surrounding ridges.