Border Crossings of Pakistan - Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Crossings, China-Pakistan Border Crossings, India-Pakistan Border Crossings (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Afghanistan-pakistan Border Crossings, China-pakistan Border Crossings, India-pakistan Border Crossings, Iran-pakistan Border Crossings, Khunjerab Pass, Karakoram Highway, Wagah, Torkham, Khyber Pass, Angoor Ada, Spin Boldak, Chaman, Broghol, Chaman Border Crossing, Mintaka Pass, Kilik Pass, Pishin, Iran, Taftan, Balochistan, Munabao, Dorah Pass, Mirjaveh, Ghulam Khan, Gumal Pass, Peiwar Kotal Pass. Excerpt: The Karakoram Highway (KKH) (Urdu:, Chinese: ) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 m/15,397 ft as confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings. It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan and also serves as a popular tourist attraction. It is now part of the route officially known as as N-35 within Pakistan. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, it is also referred to as the "Ninth Wonder of the World." Since 2 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2010, the KKH has been closed in the Hunza Valley, eliminating through traffic to China except by small boat. A massive landslide 15 km upstream from Hunza's capital of Karimabad created the potentially unstable Attabad Lake which reached 22 km in length and over 100 meters in depth by the first week of June 2010 when it finally began flowing over the landslide dam. The lake displaced thousands and inundated over 20 km of the KKH including the 310 m long KKH bridge 4 km south of Gulmit. Karakoram Highway route mapThe Karakoram Highway, also known as the Friendship Highway in China, was built by the governments of Pakistan and China, and was completed in 1986, after 20 years of construction. 810 Pakistani... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=873884