Khyber Pass

• 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