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Khyber Pass

noun
1.
A mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India.





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"Khyber Pass" Quotes from Famous Books



... fled precipitately, leaving behind him his artillery and camp equipage, During the Dost's absence in the south, Runjeet Singh's troops crossed the Attock, occupied the Afghan province of Peshawur, and drove the Afghans into the Khyber Pass. No subsequent efforts on Dost Mahomed's part availed to expel the Sikhs from Peshawur, and suspicious of British connivance with Runjeet Singh's successful aggression, he took into consideration the policy of ...
— The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 • Archibald Forbes


Words linked to "Khyber Pass" :   pass, mountain pass, Islamic State of Afghanistan, Hindu Kush Mountains, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, notch, West Pakistan, Pakistan


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