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Mountain range in central Asia; length 800
km/500 mi; greatest height Tirich Mir 7,690
m/25,239 ft, in Pakistan. The narrow Khyber
Pass, (53 km/33 mi long) separates Pakistan
from Afghanistan and was used by Zahir and
other invaders of India. The present road was
built by the British in the Afghan Wars.