From the time of Alexander the Great, the road to Indian conquest has led down from the north through the Khyber Pass. To keep the encroaching Russians away from this gateway to their empire, the ...

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High in the rugged terrain of the Safed Koh mountain range, where the dry wind whispers tales of warriors and emperors, a narrow corridor snakes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, reminding the ...