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• Important Passes of Pakistan

  1. Khyber Pass 

  connects: Peshawar to Kabul

  connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

  Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

  
  

  2. Bolan Pass 

  Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

  Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

  
  

  3. Lowari Pass 

  Connects: Chitral with Dir 

  Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

  
  

  4. Broghil Pass 

  Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

  Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

  
  

  5. Malakand Pass 

  Connects: Dir with Chitral 

  Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

  
  

  6. Shandur pass

  Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

  Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

  
  

  7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

  Other name: Friendship Gate

  Connects: China with Pakistan 

  Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

  
  

  8. Dorah pass

  Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

  Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

  
  

  9. Babusar Pass 

  Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

  
  

  10. Kohat Pass

  Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

  
  

  11. Khojak Pass

  Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

  
  

  12. Tochi Pass

  Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

  
  

  
  

  
  

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