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| '''Towr Kham''' is a border crossing town from [[Nangarhar Province]], Afghanistan, to Pakistan. is a city on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the [[Khyber Pass]]. It is also called '''Torkham''' or '''Turkham'''. | | [[Image:Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan 6.png|thumb|right|300px|Border area including Towr Kham]] |
| [[Image:Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan 6.png|thumb|left|300px|Border area including Towr Kham]] | | '''Towr Kham''' is a town in [[Nangarhar Province]], Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan. Also called '''Torkham''' or '''Turkham''', it is in the [[Khyber Pass]]. Afghanistan's Highway One connects Towr Kham to [[Kabul]]. The Pakistani side of the border is the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province. |
| Highway 1 connects Towr Kham to [[Kabul]] via the Ring Road; it also goes to the Towr Kham border crossing with Pakistan. <ref name=DefenseLink20070822> | |
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| | title=DoD News Briefing with Lt. Col. Phillips from Afghanistan
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| | author=Lt. Col Gordon Phillips and State Department Representative Shawn Waddoups
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| | date=August 22, 2007
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| }}</ref> The Pakistani side of the border is in the [[Khyber Agency]] of the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]].
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| In November 2001 the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that Towr Kham was the home of [[Hazrati Ali]], an anti-Taliban militia leader who seized power after the Taliban retreated. He had joined forces with two other militia leaders, [[Mawlawi]] , and [[Ezatullah]], to set up a regional provisional government.<ref name=NewYorkTimes20011116>
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| | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E4D6143BF935A25752C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
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| | title= A NATION CHALLENGED: AFGHANISTAN REDUX; Warlord Rule Is Re-emerging In Some Towns
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| | publisher=New York Times
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| | author=David Rohde
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| | date=Friday, November 16, 2001
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| American forces staff the nearby [[Towr Kham Fire Base]].<ref name=DefendAmerica20060526>
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| | url=http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/may2006/a052606ms2.html
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| | title='Fighting Deuce' MPs Patrol Afghan Mountains
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| | publisher=Defend America
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| | author=Sgt. Matt Summers
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| | date=May 26, 2006
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| }}</ref> In April 2006 the [[Afghan Border Police]] announced that they would start requiring travelers crossing the border at Towr Kham to possess valid travel documents.<ref name=Afps20060410>
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| | url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=15504
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| | title=Afghan Police Secure Towr Kham Border
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| | publisher=American Forces Press Service
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| | date=April 10 2006
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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