Kotal

Kotal connects to 655 places across 13 topics through 44 Bunkabop connections, anchored in military history and the Afghan frontier. Military topics account for the largest share of connections, centered on the passes of the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands. Connections with India, Afghanistan, and Kabul overlap most heavily. The Peiwar Kotal pass figures in accounts of the Second Anglo-Afghan War, where General Frederick Roberts advanced through the Kurram Valley in 1878. Landi Kotal served as a western garrison of the Khyber Rifles.

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