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The Khyber Pass has witnessed the spread of Greek influence into India and the expansion of Buddhism in the opposite direction. [2] Despite military activities, trade continued to thrive there. [2] The Khyber Pass became a critical part of the Silk Road, a major trade route from East Asia to Europe. [4] [5]
Gomal Pass (Pashto: ګومل) is a mountain pass on the Durand Line border between Afghanistan and the southeastern portion of South Waziristan in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It takes its name from the Gomal River [ 2 ] and is midway between the legendary Khyber Pass and the Bolan Pass .
Khyber Pass (4 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Mountain passes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" ... Gomal Pass; K. Karakar Pass; Karambar Pass; Khyber Pass; L. Lowari Pass; M ...
North (purple) and South (blue) Waziristan and surrounding Federally Administered Tribal Areas and provinces. Waziristan lies between the Kurram River and the Gomal River.It borders the Kurram Agency in the north, Bannu in the northeast, Tank in the east, Dera Ismail Khan in the southeast, Sherani and Musakhel districts of Balochistan in the south and Khost, Paktia, and Paktika provinces of ...
The eastern edge of the Sulaiman range runs 280 miles (450 km) from the Gomal Pass in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to near the city of Jacobabad in Sindh province, [7] and further stretches into south-west Punjab.
The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa issued another notification on 19 July 2018, through this notification all the agencies and frontier regions of Former FATA Region were incorporated into KPK. and renamed as districts and subdivisions respectively.
Miani (Pashto: Mianrhi) is a pashtun nomadic (kochi) tribe who are the descendants of Saraban, the son of Qais Abdur Raseed.Now they mainly inhabit the Gomal plains of Pakistan in the Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which was formerly North-West Frontier Province.
The rebuilt city contained a large bazaar for Afghan traders, and the city prospered from trade via the Gomal Pass. [11] An eight foot mud wall with nine gates was built around the city during this time as well, [10] some of which such as the Kaneran Wala and Sakki survive until today. All existing buildings date from no earlier than the 19th ...