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The Khyber Pass has witnessed the spread of Greek influence into India and the expansion of Buddhism in the opposite direction. [2] Despite military activities, trade continued to thrive there. [2] The Khyber Pass became a critical part of the Silk Road, a major trade route from East Asia to Europe. [4] [5]
Khyber PassPakistan with to Afghanistan 1,070 m (3,510 ft) Khurram Pass to Afghanistan; Kilik Pass to China 4,827 metres (15,837 ft) Kohat Pass; Lowari Pass connects Chitral with Dir 3,118 m (10,230 ft) Lupghar Pir Pass to Afghanistan 5,190 m (17,030 ft) Malakand Pass peshawar with chitral 1,362 m (4,468 ft)
Tirah, also spelled Terah (Pashto: تیراہ), also called the Tirah Valley (د تیرا دره), is a mountainous region located in the Orakzai District and the southern part of the Khyber District, positioned between the Khyber Pass and the Khanki Valley in Pakistan. [1]
Mount Sikaram (Pashto, Dari, Urdu: سیکرم) is a mountain on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, south of the Kabul River and Khyber Pass. At 4,755 m (15,600 ft), [1] it is the highest peak of the Spīn Ghar, or Safēd Kōh, mountain range.
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Torkham (Pashto: تورخم, romanized: torxam; Urdu: طورخم) is a Pakistani town in Khyber District (until 2018 the Khyber Agency of the now defunct FATA), that is the location of the Torkham Border Crossing with Afghanistan just to the west of the historic Khyber Pass. Torkham lies at the end of the N-5 National Highway.
Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) (Urdu: درۂ خیبر اقتصادی راہداری; Pashto: د خيبر دره اقتصادي دهلیز) is an infrastructure project that aims to expand Pakistan's economic connectivity with Afghanistan, and by extension Central Asia, via the Khyber Pass.
The Bolan pass is the southern counterpart of the Khyber Pass. Both ranges have been used throughout history for invasions of the Indian subcontinent. [ 10 ] In 1748, the Afghan king Ahmad Shah Durrani invaded India by using the Bolan Pass in addition to the traditional Khyber Pass route.