Khyber Pass, Khyber also spelled Khaybar, or Khaibar, most northerly and critical of the passes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The pass interfaces Kabul with Peshawar. The pass connects Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, with Peshawar, Pakistan. The name Khyber is also applied to the range through which the pass runs—a series of arid broken hills that form the last spurs of the Spīn Ghar Range. 

The Khyber Pass is threaded by a caravan track and a hard-surface road. Near its southeastern entrance, the pass may be skirted by following a different road from Jamrud—one that enters the Khyber Hills about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of town and emerges at Lowyah Dakkah. It connects the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar at Jamrud by traversing part of the White Mountains. Since it was part of the ancient Silk Road, it has been a vital trade route between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent and a strategic military choke point for various states that controlled it. The Khyber Pass is considered one of the most famous mountain passes in the world.