Torcham

طورخم Torcham
Coordinates	34 ° 7 '  N , 71 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 7 '  N , 71 ° 5'  E
Basic data
Country	Afghanistan
province	Nangarhar
District	Muhmand Dara
height	1066 m
Street scene in Torcham

Torcham ( Pashtun طورخم) is a city in eastern Afghanistan . It is the border town that lies in the province of Nangarhar directly on the country's eastern border with Pakistan . On the other side of the border is the area of ​​the Khyber Agency , a tribal area under federal administration of Pakistan, one of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

location

Location of Torcham on the border with Pakistan

Torcham is located on Highway 1, one of the most important Afghan arteries. This connects the city in the west with Jalalabad and Kabul . On the other side of the border is Landi Kotal in Pakistan, five kilometers away . Torcham is connected to Peshawar to Karachi via the Pakistani N-5 National Highway, which is part of the Grand Trunk Road . Due to the transport connections and the location near the Chaiber Pass , Torcham is the most important border town between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the direction of Central Asia .

ISAF

A base of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is located in Torcham , as of February 2012.

See also : War in Afghanistan since 2001

Web links

Commons : Torcham  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bombs and Poison. In: the daily newspaper . February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2012 .