The mountain pass connecting the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar is located in what country?
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Bab-e-Khyber Bab-e-Khyber (Pashto and Urdu: باب خیبر‎ ; ""Khyber Gate"") is a monument which stands at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. Jamrud Fort is located adjacent to it.
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Khyber Pass The Khyber Pass (Pashto: د خیبر درہ‎ , Urdu: ‎ ) (elevation: 1070 m ) is a mountain pass connecting the town of Landi Kotal, near the Afghanistan and Pakistan border, to the Valley of Peshawar by traversing part of the Spin Ghar mountains. An integral part of the ancient Silk Road, it has long had substantial cultural, economic, and geopolitical significance. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent and a strategic military location. The summit of the pass is 5 km inside Pakistan at Landi Kotal. The Khyber Pass is part of the Asian Highway 1 (AH1).
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Salang Pass The Salang Pass (Persian: كتل سالنگ‎ ‎ , el. 3878 m ) is nowadays the major mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan with Parwan Province, with onward connections to Kabul Province, southern Afghanistan, and to the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Located on the border of Parwan Province and Baghlan Province, it is just to the east of the Kushan Pass, and both of them were of great importance in early times as they provided the most direct connections between the Kabul region with northern Afghanistan or Tokharistan. The Salang River originates nearby and flows south.
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Khyber Pass Railway The Khyber Pass Railway (Urdu: ‎ ) is one of several railway lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The line begins at Peshawar City and ended at Landi Khana. The total length of this railway line is 58 km with 13 railway stations. The route has since been suspended of passenger train traffic due to security reasons and also due to the 2006 monsoon rains, which washed several sections away.
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Gilgit Gilgit (Shina: , Urdu: ) is the capital city of the Gilgit-Baltistan region, an administrative territory of Pakistan. The city is located in a small valley near the confluence of the Gilgit River and Hunza River. Gilgit is a major tourist destination in northern Pakistan, and serves as a hub for mountaineering expeditions in the Karakoram Range. It was an important stop on the ancient Silk Road, and today serves as a major junction along the Karakoram Highway with road connections to China, Skardu, Chitral, and Islamabad.
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Frontier Region Kohat The Frontier Region Kohat (Pashto: کوهاټ سرحدي سيمه‎ ; often abbreviated as FR Kohat) is a small administrative unit in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. The region is located adjacent to the District Kohat, and therefore derives its name from Kohat. F.R. Kohat also shares its boundary with Peshawar District to the north, Nowshera District to the east and Orakzai Agency to the west. It is administered by an Assistant Political Agent, under the overall supervision and administrative command of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kohat, who also happens to be the Political Agent of F.R. Kohat. The overall administration of the Frontier Regions is carried out by the FATA Secretariat based in Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
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Sertavul Pass The Sertavul Pass (Turkish: "Sertavul Geçidi" ) is a mountain pass situated on the central Taurus Mountains at the border of Mersin Province with Karaman Province on the road from Konya over Karaman to the Mediterranean coast at Anamur or Silifke.
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Bolan Pass The Bolān Pass is a mountain pass through the Toba Kakar Range of Balochistan province in western Pakistan, 120 kilometres from the Afghanistan border. It connects Sibi with Quetta both by road and railway. The pass itself is made up of a number of narrow gorges and stretches 89 km (55 miles) from Rindli north to Darwāza near Kolpur in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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Samana Range The Samana Range is a mountain ridge in the Hangu District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, commanding the southern boundary of Tirah. The ridge lies between the Khanki Valley on the north and the Miranzai Valley on the south, and extends for some 30 m. west from Hangu to the Samana Suk. It is some 6000 to 7000 ft. high.
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Maini Maini (locally known as "Menai", Pashto: مینئ‎ and Urdu: مینی‎ ) is the name of a village (now a town) and a union council as well as a lush green physiographic valley with natural streams and fertile agricultural land which resides in Topi Tehsil in the eastern part of Swabi District of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It has a very detailed historic profile, from the early historic age till the Partition of Pakistan. Maini lies at latitude 34°07'07.23" north and longitude 72°36'32.38" east with an elevation of about 383 meters above the sea level. Total area of Maini valley is about 5 kilometres from east to west and 6 kilometres from north to south.
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Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir ( ) is a state in northern India, often denoted by the acronym J&K. It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains, and shares borders with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. Jammu and Kashmir has an international border with China in the north and east, and the Line of Control separates it from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and northwest respectively. The state has special autonomy under Article 370 of the Constitution of India.
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Passani Passani (Urdu: پاسنى‎ ) is located 33°76'4N 71°59'1E at south of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Gomal Pass Gomal Pass (Pashto: ګومل‎ ) is a mountain pass on the Durand Line border between Afghanistan and the southeastern portion of South Waziristan in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It takes its name from the Gomal River and is midway between the legendary Khyber Pass and the Bolan Pass. It connects Ghazni in Afghanistan with Tank and Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan.
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Charikar Charikar (Persian: چاریکار‎ ‎ , pronounced "Chârikâr") is the main town of the Kohdaman Valley and the capital of Parwan Province in northern Afghanistan. It has a population of around 171,200, which is a multi-ethnic society.
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Kotli Kalan Kotli Kalan is a village in Nowshera District, not far distanced to the city of Peshawar (the capital city of Khyber Paktunkhwa).It is the neighboring village of Saleh Khana. The village is surrounded by the Cherat mountains which was previously ruled by the British Raj.
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Indrahar Pass Indrahar (इन्द्रहार) Pass is a mountain pass in the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas. Located at and an altitude of 4342 m above mean sea level, near the tourist town of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, Indrahar pass forms the border between Kangra and Chamba districts. It is part of a very popular trekking route from Dharamshala. It attracts substantial tourist traffic during the trekking season between April–October.
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South Waziristan South Waziristan (Pashto: سويلي وزيرستان قبايلي سيمه‎ ; Urdu: جنوبی وزیرستان ایجنسی‎ ) is the southern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, that covers some 11,585 km² (4,473 mi²). Waziristan comprises the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi River to the north and the Gomal River to the south, forming part of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa lies immediately to the east. The region was an independent tribal territory from 1893, remaining outside of British-ruled empire and Afghanistan. Tribal raiding into British-ruled territory was a constant problem for the British, requiring frequent punitive expeditions between 1860 and 1945. Troops of the British Raj coined a name for this region "Hell's Door Knocker" in recognition of the fearsome reputation of the local fighters and inhospitable terrain. The region became part of Pakistan in 1947.
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Mukeshpuri Mukshpuri or Moshpuri is a 2800 m mountain in the Nathiagali Hills, in the Abbottabad District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan. It is 90 km north of Islamabad, just above Dunga Gali in the Nathiagali area of Ayubia National Park. Much of it the mountain is covered with Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests.
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Borasu Pass Borasu Pass or Bara-su (el. 5450 m ) is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya Mountains of Uttrakhand in the India. The pass is located on the border of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh near the border with Tibet. It was an ancient trade route between Har ki Doon valley and Kinnaur valley.
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Debsa Pass Debsa Pass is a 5360 m mountain pass in the Himalaya mountains between the Kullu and Spiti Districts of Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Malshej Ghat Malshej Ghat (माळशेज घाट) is a mountain pass in the Western Ghats range in the Thane-Pune district of Maharashtra, India. The site is nestled in the lofty rugged hills of the Western Ghats.
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Hindutash Hindutash, also known as Hindu-tagh Pass, is a historical mountain pass in the western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (formerly, Chinese Turkestan) of the People's Republic of China. The pass cuts through the Kunlun Mountains connecting the now-deserted town of "Kangxiwar", formerly Kengshewar, (36° 11' 58" N, 78° 46' 50" E) in the Karakash River valley to the town of Pusha, (36.3833° N, 79° E), formerly Bushia, in the Yurungkash River valley, and also connects to the road to the city of Hotan, formerly Khotan. (See maps on right.)