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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 .
Gomal Pass; K. Karakar Pass; Karambar Pass ... Khyber Pass; L. Lowari Pass; M. Malakand Pass; S. Shangla Pass This page was last edited on 8 February 2015, at 21:28 ...
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 ...
Khyber Pass (4 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Mountain passes of Afghanistan" ... Gomal Pass; H. Hajigak Pass; I. Irshad Pass; K. Kalandar Pass; Khawak Pass; Khora Bhurt ...
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 Afridis massacred a Mughal battalion in the Khyber Pass in 1672 and shut the pass to lucrative trade routes. [84] Following another massacre in the winter of 1673, Mughal armies led by Emperor Aurangzeb himself regained control of the entire area in 1674, [ 82 ] and enticed tribal leaders with various awards in order to end the rebellion.
Dera Ismail Khan is situated on the west bank of the Indus River, at its junction with the Gomal River. It is 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the provincial capital Peshawar , and 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Multan , Punjab .