The deeper you go into the Khyber Pass Gorge, the more frightening it becomes.

The unique geographical location and steep terrain structure make people feel strongly that this mountain pass valley will continue to be a sensitive area in the geopolitics of West Asia in the future, and it is a strategic place that all parties will fight for.

About 30 kilometres into the gorge, you will arrive at Shajay's Fort, a very important pass in the Khyber Pass Gorge. On the hillsides on both sides of the road, there are colorful tombstones left behind by the British during the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878.

In the dry riverbed next to the highway, there are many new triangular cement sinkholes, which are specially laid out by the Halal country to block the ironclad torrent of polar bears. The Khyber Pass gorge is also heavily guarded, and after 30 kilometers, four checkpoints have been passed, and at intervals you can see the Halal border guards on duty. All this seems to remind people that war is not far away.

At that time, the ancient Aryans invaded the Indian plain and the Indus Valley through the Khyber Pass. From here, the armies of Persia and the Macedonian king Alexander the Great invaded the Great Plains of the Indus River and descended into the Indian Ocean. In modern times, Britain and polar bears have fought for hegemony in Central Asia.

The ambitious Tsarist Russia's greatest dream was to go south from here to obtain ice-free ports in the Indian Ocean. In his last words, Peter the Great said, "When Russia has free access to the Indian Ocean, it will be able to establish its military and political rule over the whole country." "During the Cold War, the polar bear's biggest dream was to go straight to the Indian Ocean and establish a permanent ice-free port through here.

After driving for more than half an hour, the interview team came to the small town of Landkut, which is located on the commanding heights. The Landkut Pass is even steeper, with small abandoned fortresses built on top of a hill on the side of the road, guarding both sides of the pass. The improvised road under the mountain was rebuilt on the mountain path built by the British.

In September 1879, a major uprising against the British broke out in Kabul, and the Second Anglo-Hillman Islamic Republic War broke out. On the march to Kabul at the beginning of the war, the British Madras Engineer Regiment and the diggers of the Peshawar Field Force built an improvised road through the entire Khyber Pass.

This is a large village and town on the way, with a population of about 10,000. There are dozens of shops lining the street, filled with Muslim sweets, fried foods, dairy-made bananas and pomegranates, as well as a variety of vegetables and daily necessities.

The houses of the town are all white stone buildings, like strong fortresses, which shine in the sun. The inhabitants of the town belong to several Patan** tribes, and several families live in peace and do not interfere with each other.

Judging from the slow pace of life of the locals, Yu Songyuan felt that the "Lightning" assault team of Spetsnaz or "Vympel" was really a very good hiding place if it was hidden here. Because, the men of the small tribes, the main job is to provide protection for passing caravans in order to obtain income. Almost all the men, in and out, carried Chinese Type 56 submachine guns, and it was a good hiding place for armed men.

For this town, an in-depth investigation must be carried out.

When he was about to leave Landkut Town, Yu Songyuan's feeling was even stronger. It's a bit of a feeling, a subconscious, very unpleasant feeling.

Not far from the small town of Landkut, at the narrowest point of the Khyber Pass Gorge, is home to the Ali Mosque, a small shrine. The shrine was built in honor of Ali ibn Abi Talib (c. 600 AD), nephew and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the first converts to Islam. He was born in the Ka'ba (Kaaba) of Mecca and is therefore considered to be of the highest status.

Above the shrine, there is also an abandoned fortress, located at the highest point of the pass. The fortress was built in 1837 by the emir of the Mountain People's Islamic Republic, Dost Muhammad Khan (1793-1863). The shrine and fortress are located on a steep and rugged plateau, overlooking a deep gorge with a riverbed or shoal at the foot of the canyon.

The terrain here is extremely dangerous, with lofty mountains on both sides, and it is a key place to block the Khyber Pass Gorge, and it is a place where soldiers must fight. During the First (1842) and Second (1878) Wars between Britain and the Shanren Islamic Republic, the British and Argentine armies fought fiercely here many times.

Soon after leaving the town, the car began to descend the mountain road, past an army checkpoint, and into an open field. It is not only an oasis in the canyon, but also a commanding height, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. The peaks on both sides gradually tightened, leaving only a pavement less than ten meters wide, and then suddenly unfolded again, forming a massive canyon that stretched into the plains of the Islamic Republic of the Shanren in the distance.

There is a small village here, the Tolham tribe on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Tolham tribe is not a large stronghold and is surrounded by greenery. In front of the village, there is a border guard post of the Halal Country, and the Star and Moon National Flag of the Halal Country flutters in the sky. Standing high at the head of the village, you can see the valley of the Kabu River not far away. The river is like a white jade belt, zigzag through the mountains, and wander away.

The border between the two countries is separated by only a barbed wire fence, and about 100 meters on the opposite side is the border post of the Islamic Republic of the Shanren.

Coincidentally, simple signs erected on the side of the road indicate that the distance from the border to Kabul is 225 kilometres and takes more than four hours by car. From the border to Islamabad, it is only a little more than 4 hours by car. From Torham to Peshawar, it is just over an hour away.

"The checkpoint controls the traffic artery, how can the camel caravan pass?" Lin Zhumin asked puzzled.

The caterpillar said, "The checkpoints of the Kabul government army have long been bought. At night, as long as you give some money, you generally don't dare to care about the caravan coming in and out. A few kilometers to the rear, there was also a checkpoint of the 40th Army of the Polar Bear, guarded by 120-mm heavy artillery. As long as the caravan bypasses the polar bear checkpoint, it will be able to get through the way. ”

Standing on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, watching a large number of mountain people and Islamic Republic people coming and going from the Khyber Pass, there is an endless stream of people coming and going. These people, most of whom have fled from the Islamic Republic of the Hills, are pouring into the Halal country from here.

The Islamic Republic of Shanren is located in the plateau zone, and the mountains and plateaus account for four-fifths of the country's area, and are known as the "plateau mountain country". Looking at the territory of the Shanren Islamic Republic, there are dark mountains, undulating mountains and ravines. The mountain is bare, barely grassy, like an elephant's back, stubbornly stretching out.

There is a winding path between the mountains, and the camel caravans or the flow of people that appear and disappear from time to time are slowly wriggling. As an important gateway between the two countries, since ancient times, everyone has been met with fierce resistance and paid a huge price when trying to open this gate, and the Khyber Pass has always been impassable.

There are more than 30 ethnic groups in the Islamic Republic of the Hillmen, and the Pashtuns account for more than 40% of the population of the Islamic Republic of the Hillmen, and they are the same ethnic group as the Pathans of the Halal country. If you want to understand the mountain people of the Islamic Republic, you must first understand the Pashtun people. And to understand the Pashtuns of the Mountain People Islamic Republic, we must first understand the Pathans of the Halal country.

They are of the same sect, have the same habits and character, and share the same beliefs. The Patan people live mainly in the North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan Province, which are halal, and account for more than 8 million people. They have dark brown skin, a muscular physique, prominent cheekbones, and men generally wear fat trousers and long-sleeved shirts with beards. Adult women mostly wear black or brown burqas from head to toe, with only two small holes in the eyes.

This is a fierce, martial people.

In the course of a harsh environment, a long period of nomadic life, and numerous foreign invasions, they have developed a "mountain" character, they are industrious, brave, fierce, and will never give in to the enemy. During the Opium War and the long-term rule of India and Pakistan, the British colonizers launched three wars of aggression against Afghanistan, and the Shanren Islamic Republic was an unconquered country, and the Pashtuns were an unconquered nation.

Some of the Pathans have a single tribe in one village, and many villages are one large tribe. Shili is a large and powerful tribe, and the central village is surrounded by a high wall. There were pillboxes at the four corners of the wall, on which there were gun holes. At the top of the wall, at intervals, there were also battlements for shooting.

The dwellings of the Pathans are more like bunkers. Almost all of them are surrounded by high walls, and each house has a tall watchtower with a shooting hole in the wall, so that you can see the outside at a glance from the inside, but you can't see the inside from the outside. Not only are outsiders strictly forbidden to enter the homes of the Patan people, but they are not even allowed to take pictures outside, and those who violate them are severely punished.

The men of the Pathans always go out with their guns at hand. Many countries on Shijie have very strict regulations on firearms, but the Pathans make their own guns, and guns are completely free to buy and sell, and are not regulated by the government. In the town of Dara, near Peshawar, there are dozens of gun shops. There are all kinds of firearms, and for the quality of shiyan guns, the shopkeeper can load bullets at will and bang into the sky.

At intervals between these tribal villages, there are often barbed wire fences with guards standing guard at the gates. Inside there are tall temporary buildings, a large number of tents, and a large playground with various training facilities.

The caterpillar said, "These are all Islamic religious schools or 'jihadist' training camps set up by people from country M and Western countries, and countless refugees and jihadists from all over the country have come here to receive Islamic religious education or various military training." ”