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The Bab-e-Khyber (; )Beyond Bab-e-Khyber
Naveed Hussain 22 January 2012 Express Tribune Retrieved 29 May 2014
is a monument situated at the entrance of the Khyber Pass in the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
province of
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. The gate is located immediately west of
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, with the historic Jamrud Fort lying adjacent to it.


Gate introduction

The gate was built in 1963 by the military government of Ayub Khan. Khyber Gate is considered to be the most famous post-independence structure in Khyber Agency.


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