Khojak Pass
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- 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.[1]
References
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- ↑ "The Master of Spin Boldak: Undercover with Afghanistan’s drug-trafficking border police" Template:Webarchive 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.
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Notes
- Encyclopedia of Pakistan by Zahid Hussain Anjum. Jahangir Book Depot, Pakistan (2005–06)