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Khyber Pass is a mountain pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan that connects the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar at Jamrud. Historically, a gateway for invasions of the Indian subcontinent from the northwest. Part of the ancient Silk Road Inhabitants of the area - Pashtuns (Afridi and Shinwari tribes) Khyber Pass - View towards Pak side (Credits : Wikipedia) Khyber Pass Gate at Peshawar Khyber Pass Gate at Peshawar Associated monuments and places of significance: Ali Masjid Fort Tamerlane Prison (near Torkham Check Point) 1927 Shagai Fort Across its history, it was controlled and used by: Kushan Empire Cyrus Darius I Gengis Khan Duwa Qutlugh Khwaja Kebek Mahmud Ghaznavi Muhammad Ghori Ranjit Singh British Pakistan