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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 .
[2] 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]
2 Khyber Pass: 1,070 m (3,510 ft) Pakistan - Afghanistan Landi Kotal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 3 Bolan Pass: 1,793 m (5,884 ft) Balochistan - KPK Balochistan 4
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.
They called this “pass responsibility”. [2] The Bhitannis first accepted pass responsibility on the Tank frontier. [3] Then, pass responsibility for the Girni, Murtuza and Manjhi posts was assigned to the Miani and Ghurezai tribes in 1876. [4] That year, they also accepted responsibility for monitoring passage into the Gomal Valley. [3]
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South Waziristan District (Urdu: ضلع جنوبی وزیرستان) was a district in the Dera Ismail Khan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, before splitting into the Lower South Waziristan District and the Upper South Waziristan District on 13 April 2022. [4] [5] It covers around 11,585 km 2 (4,473 mi 2). Waziristan is ...
Bolan Pass (Urdu: درۂ بولان) is a valley and a natural gateway [2] through the Toba Kakar range [citation needed] in Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is situated 120 km (75 miles) south of Pakistan's border with Afghanistan .