landi kotal

Lanḍī Kōtal (Pashto: لنډي کوتل‬‎; Urdu: لنڈی کوتل‬‎) is a town in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, and the administrative capital of Khyber Agency. It is located 1,072 metres (3,517 ft) above sea level, on the route across the mountains to the city of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[2][3][4] Landi Kotal is at the western edge of the Khyber Pass that marks the entrance to the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan, which is located just 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the west.

Landi Kotal is a tourist destination, and it was the terminus railway station of Khyber Pass Railway. A tourist train, the Khyber train safari was run on this railway. However, the train was closed down in 2006 due to washing away of the railway track and bridges by flood.