Question

Where is the Khyber pass located?

Answer 1

Hint: The Khyber Pass has been one of the most significant trade routes and tactical military places in the world for a long time. It is a link between Kabul and Peshawar. It has also historically been a gateway to entering India.

Complete answer: It is surrounded by the mountain range that divides Pakistan and Afghanistan, thus forming the bridge between Central and South Asia. On both sides of the joining ridge are the origins of two small rivulets, whose beds form the Khyber gorge. Just beyond the old Afghan fort of Haft Chāh, it opens onto the desolate Lowyah Dakkah plain, which stretches to the Kabul River.
Alexander the Great trooped his army through the Pass in a vain effort to annex India in 326 BC. Around 2,000 years later, Babur did succeed in founding the Mughal Empire in Northern India after coming through the Pass from Afghanistan.
During the Kushan Empire the Pass became a strategic trade and migration route between India and China. 'The Silk Road', as it was known back then, saw the immigration of thousands of people, and goods such as wool, cotton, and gingers being traded.
It is too steep and cold to pass through during the colder months. The pass is now controlled by the Pakistani Khyber Agency and the inhabitants are mostly Afridi and Shinwari tribes of Pashtuns.

Note: It must be noted that among all the passes of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Khyber pass is the most northerly and important. The Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) is an important trade route that connects Afghanistan and Pakistan to Central Asia.This route has been of significance for more than a century.