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{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Khojak Pass
| other_name = Kojack Pass
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| elevation_m = 2,290
| elevation_ref = <ref>{{cite news|author1=Danial Shah|title=The mystery of Shela Bagh|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1291356|accessdate=30 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 October 2016|language=en}}</ref>
| traversed = [[File:Pakistan N-25.svg|1000x25px]] [[N-25 National Highway]]
[[Rohri–Chaman Railway Line]]
| location = {{PAK}}
| range = [[Toba Achakzai]]<ref>{{cite web|title=(PK) Pakistan - The Khojak Rope Inclines - Funimag photoblog|url=http://www.funimag.com/photoblog/index.php/articles/pk-pakistan-khojak-rope-inclines/|website=Funimag photoblog|accessdate=30 March 2017|date=April 25, 2010}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{Coord|30|50|8.68|N|66|34|53.42|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}}
| topo = 
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{{external media|image1=[https://www.flickr.com/photos/ameerhamza/5580960769/lightbox/ Photo at Flickr]}}
'''Khojak Pass''' (el. {{convert|7,513|ft|disp=sqbr|abbr=on}}) is a mountain pass connecting [[Qila Abdullah]] with [[Chaman]] in the province of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchistan]], [[Pakistan]]. The road through the [[Toba Achakzai]] range connects the larger cities of [[Quetta]], Pakistan, and [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]].

* [[Khojak Tunnel|Khojak railroad tunnel]] {{convert|3.9|km}} long; pictured on the old five rupees note.
[[File:The troops emerging from the narrow part of the defile, James Atkinson.jpg|thumb|The Khojak Pass ca. 1840, [[James Atkinson (Persian scholar)|James Atkinson]]]]
* Small forts defend the pass on each hill top.
*"Historically, the [[Achakzai]], across the Khojak Mountains, have controlled the smuggling routes around the Khojak Pass, one of the two major mountain passes that connect the [[Middle East]] with the [[Indian subcontinent]], the other being the more famous" [[Khyber Pass]].<ref>[http://aan-afghanistan.com/uploads/HarpersSpinBoldak.pdf "The Master of Spin Boldak: Undercover with Afghanistan’s drug-trafficking border police"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819154530/http://afghanistan-analysts.net/uploads/HarpersSpinBoldak.pdf |date=2021-08-19 }} by Matthieu Aikins, ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', December, 2009, p. 54. Note: The writer traversed the Pass, "arriv[ing] in the town of Chaman after four hours on a crumbling road." p. 53. Retrieved 2010-04-20.</ref>

==References==
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==Notes==
* ''Encyclopedia of Pakistan'' by Zahid Hussain Anjum. Jahangir Book Depot, Pakistan (2005–06)
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