Question

The khyber pass is located in the sulaiman range, the bolan pass is located in toba kakar range. What is the importance of these two passes?

Answer 1

Bolan Pass:

• The Bolan Pass is located in the Toba Kakar Range in the Balochistan province of West Pakistan.
• Due to its strategic location, it was used by many invaders, traders and nomadic tribes to travel to South Asia.
• Furthermore, it connected Quetta with Sibi and Jacobabad.

Khyber Pass:

• The Khyber Pass is located in Northwest Pakistan, on the Afghanistan border.
• It was an important section of the Silk Route, and was used by many traders to travel between the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.  
• It was also controlled by many armies as a military and strategic choke point