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While its history has a bent on the violent side, the trade routes developed here, went a long way to establish good and cordial commercial relations between Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and those beyond such boundaries on the western and northern parts. It is simply to listen to the silent stories the pass has to offer you; a tour to the place is a must.
Covering an area of about thirty three miles, the passage of the Khyber Pass-Peshawar goes past the stupendous and majestic Hindu Kush range, connecting on both sides, India and Afghanistan.
However, its primary significance lies in its role of a connector between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the narrowest point of the pass measuring only three meters opening onto the borders of Afghanistan, bordered by steep cliffs on either side of the pass. From time immemorial battles have been fought and lives have been lost, the armies that treaded the pass fought some of the greatest battles of Asia – providing the Khyber Pass-Peshawar a character of its own, the essence of which can be felt only by a visit to the place.
From Alexander the Great in the 326 B.C. to the Mongol, Mogul and Tartar rulers and British troops, all have left their indelible marks on the gory yet glorious, tragic yet romantic, fictitious yet utterly real history of the Khyber Pass-Peshawar. Today many of the tour operators take you on trips to this area and trains travel past through it and as you drive down the pass or look out of the windows of your compartment, you can see historic events opening up before you, hear horses gallop and swords taking lives – all in your imagination. The mesmerizing land of the Khyber Pass will make you a part of its glory, which you can take away home and retell the tales of valor, deceit, bloodshed, heroism and romance that the Khyber Pass-Peshawar stands for.
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