khyber pakhtunkhwa
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK or KP), formerly the North-West Frontier Province, is located in the northwestern part of Pakistan. The province recently combined with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to the west. It borders Gilgit–Baltistan to the north-east, Azad Kashmir to the east, while both Punjab and the Islamabad Capital Territory lie to the south-east of the province. Balochistan province is located south of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also shares an international border with Afghanistan to the west, and is connected to the northern reaches of Afghanistan via the famous Khyber Pass - the same pass through which the armies of Alexander the Great marched on their military expedition through the Indian Subcontinent. KP is also the site of ancient kingdom of Gandhara and the ruins of both its capital, Purushapura (modern day Charsadda), and its most prominent center of learning in the Peshawar Valley, Takht-i-Bahi. It had been under the suzerainty of the Persians, Greeks, Kushans, Shahis, Ghaznavids, Mughals, Sikhs, and British Raj throughout its long history. |
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Peshawar is the capital of KP, near the Khyber Pass. It is home to many historic buildings, such as Bala Hissar, GorKhatri, and white mosque of Mahabat Khan.
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Abbotabad
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Mardan
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Nowshera
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Balakot
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Haripur
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Swabi
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Kohat
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Mingora
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Dera Ismail Khan
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Charsadda
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