Explanation

Pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan is the Khyber Pass

Connects Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar.

Elevation: 1,070 m (3,510 ft)

Traversed by: N-5 National Highway; Khyber Pass Railway

Location: in Landi Kotal and Jamrud

Range: White Mountains (Spin Ghar, Safed Koh)

Additional information 

Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet

Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

Last updated by NA on 23-April-2026

Explanation

• Khunjrab pass connects Pakistan with China.
• Location: Hunza Pakistan - administered Gilgit–Baltistan and Xinjiang, China
• Road name: N-35
• Range: Karakoram

Last verified on 01-07-2026

Explanation

• Khyber Pass lies in the Safed Koh mountain range.
• It is a famous mountain pass in Pakistan.
• It connects Pakistan with Afghanistan.
• It connects Peshawar to Kabul.
• It is a historically important trade and invasion route.
• It lies in the Safed Koh mountain range.

Last verified on 16-05-2026

Explanation

• The Khojak Pass connects Quetta with Kandahar.
• Location: Balochistan, Pakistan
• Connects: Quetta (Pakistan) ↔ Kandahar (Afghanistan)
• Length: ~89 km
• Elevation: ~1,793 m
• Key route: N-65 Highway & Bolan Railway
• Used by: Alexander the Great, Mahmud of Ghazni, Babur

Last updated 26-07-2026 by NA

Explanation

• The narrow strip is called the Wakhan Corridor.
• It is located in northeastern Afghanistan.
• It separates Pakistan from Tajikistan.
• This corridor was created as a buffer zone during the 19th century (Great Game).
• Length: ~350 km
• Width: 13–65 km (approx.)

Last verified on 31-03-2026