KHYBER PASS (SAFED KOH)

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This document is a map of the North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan, with elevations marked in meters and feet. It shows the tribal area, including Mir-Am, Wazir, and Wana. The map also highlights Rawalpindi and the border between India and Pakistan. The Khyber Pass is mentioned as a trade route from Afghanistan to the Vale of Peshawar.

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Body:  Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700280001-0
 Elevations in meters (black)
 feet (red)
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 Stepping-stone between central Asia and
 India, this frontier zone has been a corridor
 of invasion since 1500 B.C. The present gov-
 ernment administers a divided province:
 "settled districts," and a semiautonomous
 tribal area where many of the Pathan groups
 reside (above). Inhabitants of both sections
 live moctk, in houses built of mud and stone
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 KNY13El~ PASS
 (SAFE D KO
 266 Terrain as fierce as its history, the Khyber Pass cuts a sinuous 20 mile pat ros_
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 the Safed Koh, opening a trade route from Afghanistan to the Vale of Peshawar)
 Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700280001-0