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Khojak Pass
Kojack Pass
Elevation	2,290 m (7,513 ft)
Traversed by	N-25 National Highway Rohri–Chaman Railway Line
Location	Pakistan
Range	Toba Achakzai
Coordinates	30°50′8.68″N 66°34′53.42″E / 30.8357444°N 66.5815056°E / 30.8357444; 66.5815056

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Khojak Pass (el. 7,513 ft ) is a mountain pass connecting Qila Abdullah with Chaman in the province of Baluchistan, Pakistan. The road through the Toba Achakzai range connects the larger cities of Quetta, Pakistan, and Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Khojak railroad tunnel 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) long; pictured on the old five rupees note.

Small forts defend the pass on each hill top.
"Historically, the Achakzai, across the Khojak Mountains, have controlled the smuggling routes around the Khojak Pass, one of the two major mountain passes that connect the Middle East with the Indian subcontinent, the other being the more famous" Khyber Pass.

References

Danial Shah (23 October 2016). "The mystery of Shela Bagh". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
"(PK) Pakistan - The Khojak Rope Inclines - Funimag photoblog". Funimag photoblog. April 25, 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
"The Master of Spin Boldak: Undercover with Afghanistan’s drug-trafficking border police" Archived 2021-08-19 at the Wayback Machine by Matthieu Aikins, Harper's Magazine, December, 2009, p. 54. Note: The writer traversed the Pass, "arriv in the town of Chaman after four hours on a crumbling road." p. 53. Retrieved 2010-04-20.

Encyclopedia of Pakistan by Zahid Hussain Anjum. Jahangir Book Depot, Pakistan (2005–06)

On the border

Afghanistan	Broghol Dorah Pass Gomal Pass Khyber Pass Peiwar Pass
China	Khunjerab Pass Kilik Pass Mintaka Pass Mustagh Pass

In the interior

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