Torkham
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Torkham is a major border town and key crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan, situated at the western end of the Khyber Pass.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Torkham border crossing | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border town
ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ |
| borderCrossingBetween | Pakistan and Afghanistan ⓘ |
| borderFacility |
customs checkpoint
ⓘ
immigration checkpoint ⓘ security checkpoint ⓘ |
| borderManagementBy |
Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan
ⓘ
Pakistan Frontier Corps ⓘ
surface form:
Frontier Corps (Pakistan)
Pakistan Customs ⓘ |
| borderType | land border crossing ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Nangarhar Province ⓘ |
| controlsAccessTo |
Afghanistan from Pakistan via Khyber Pass
ⓘ
Pakistan from Afghanistan via Khyber Pass ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| currentAdministrativeStatus | part of Khyber District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pashtuns ⓘ |
| geopoliticalSignificance |
key Pakistan–Afghanistan border node
ⓘ
strategic crossing in Khyber Pass ⓘ |
| hasBorderGate |
Afghanistan–Pakistan border
ⓘ
surface form:
Pakistan–Afghanistan border gate at Torkham
|
| hasRole |
major border crossing
ⓘ
trade gateway between Pakistan and Afghanistan ⓘ transit point for goods ⓘ transit point for people ⓘ |
| historicalContext | part of traditional Khyber Pass caravan route ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Khyber Pass ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| locatedIn |
Afghanistan–Pakistan border
ⓘ
surface form:
Durand Line
Khyber District ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ western end of the Khyber Pass ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Landi Kotal ⓘ |
| onHighway | Peshawar–Jalalabad road ⓘ |
| onRoute | historic trade route between Central Asia and South Asia ⓘ |
| region |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
ⓘ
surface form:
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical)
|
| roadConnectionTo |
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Jalalabad
Kabul via Jalalabad ⓘ Peshawar ⓘ |
| securityIssues |
occasional clashes between Pakistani and Afghan forces
ⓘ
periodic closures due to security concerns ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedFor |
NATO and ISAF supply transit in Afghan war period
ⓘ
cross-border travel ⓘ legal trade ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Torkham border crossing