Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south , the former princely state of Nagar to the east , Chinese Turkistan to the north and Afghanistan to the northwest .
Simplified: The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south , the former princely state of Nagar to the east , China , to the north and Afghanistan to the northwest .