a b National Geographic Society (2011-11-21). "The Khyber Pass". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2019-08-07 . Retrieved 2019-08-07. Among the Muslim invasions of the Indian subcontinent through the Khyber Pass were Mahmud Ghaznavi, Muhammad Ghori and the Turkic-Mongols. Finally, Sikhs under Ranjit Singh captured the Khyber Pass in 1834. [5] Find sources: "Khyber Pass"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) a b The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion. Union Square Press. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4027-5696-2. A mountain bike trail connecting the Top of the World trail at Whistler, British Columbia to the Whistler Creekside Village. [ citation needed]

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A common phrase at the time described the length of what was then India as "Khyber to Kanyakumari". [7] Before the partition of India, the pass was mentioned as part of common Hindustani phrase used to describe the length of colonial India, "Khyber sé Kanyakumari". [7] History [ edit ] The Khyber Pass with the fortress of Ali Masjid in 1848 Afghan chiefs and a British political officer posed at Jamrud Fort at the mouth of the Khyber Pass in 1878 The British Indian Army's elephant battery of heavy artillery along the Khyber Pass at Campbellpur, 1895 In January 2009, Pakistan sealed off the bridge as part of a military offensive against Taliban guerrillas. This military operation was mainly focused on Jamrud, a district on the Khyber road. The target was to “dynamite or bulldoze homes belonging to men suspected of harboring or supporting Taliban militants or carrying out other illegal activities”. [9] The result meant that more than 70 people were arrested and 45 homes were destroyed. In addition, two children and one woman were killed. As a response, in early February 2009, Taliban insurgents cut off the Khyber Pass temporarily by blowing up a key bridge. [ citation needed] Nalwa, Vanit (2009). Hari Singh Nalwa, "champion of the Khalsaji" (1791-1837). New Delhi: Manohar. pp.318–. ISBN 978-81-7304-785-5.

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Pakistan Reopens Khyber Pass To US/NATO". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012 . Retrieved 18 June 2012.

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The Khyber Pass became a critical part of the Silk Road, a major trade route from East Asia to Europe. [3] [4] East's Eden". Kingston upon Hull City Council. September 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. To the north of the Khyber Pass lies the country of the Shalmani tribe and Mullagori tribe. To the south is Afridi Tirah, while the inhabitants of villages in the Pass itself are Afridi clansmen. Throughout the centuries, Pashtun clans, particularly the Afridis and the Afghan Shinwaris, have regarded the Pass as their own preserve and have levied a toll on travellers for safe conduct. Since this has long been their main source of income, resistance to challenges to the Shinwaris' authority has often been fierce. Oppel Jr, Richard A. (2 January 2009). "Pakistan Briefly Reopens Key NATO Supply Route". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013 . Retrieved 18 June 2012.

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This increasingly unstable situation in northwest Pakistan, made the US and NATO broaden supply routes, through Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan). Even the option of supplying material through the Iranian far southeastern port of Chabahar was considered. [10] The Tom Cochrane song " Life Is a Highway" (covered by Rascal Flatts and others) references the Khyber Pass. Tarn, William Woodthorpe (2010). The Greeks in Bactria and India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108009416 . Retrieved 28 March 2017. A subway in the King's Cross St Pancras tube station. After the King's Cross fire in November 1987, it was replaced. [22] MGF City , Khyber Pass , North Delhi". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10 . Retrieved 2011-05-19.