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| '''Towr Kham''' is a town in [[Nangarhar Province]], [[Afghanistan]], on the border with [[Pakistan]].<ref name=NewYorkTimes20011116> | | [[Image:Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan 6.png|thumb|right|300px|Border area including Towr Kham]] |
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| | '''Towr Kham''' is a town in [[Nangarhar Province]], Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan. Also called '''Torkham''' or '''Turkham''', it is in the [[Khyber Pass]]. Afghanistan's Highway One connects Towr Kham to [[Kabul]]. The Pakistani side of the border is the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province. |
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| | title= A NATION CHALLENGED: AFGHANISTAN REDUX; Warlord Rule Is Re-emerging In Some Towns
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| | author=[[David Rohde]]
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| In November 2001 the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that Towr Kham was the home of [[Hazrati Ali]], an anti-Taliban militia leader who seized power after the Taliban retreated.<ref name=NewYorkTimes20011116/>
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| The ''New York Times'' reported that Hazrati Ali had joined forces with two other militia leaders, [[Mawlawi]] [[Yunis Khalis]], and [[Ezatullah]], to set up a regional provisional government.
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| In April 2006 the [[Afghan Border Police]] announced that they would start requiring travelers crossing the border at Towr Kham to possess valid travel documents.<ref name=ddafg20060404/><ref name=Afps20060410>
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| | title=Afghan Police Secure Towr Kham Border
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| | publisher=[[American Forces Press Service]]
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| Highway 1 connects Towr Kham to [[Kabul]].<ref name=DefenseLink20070822>
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| | title=DoD News Briefing with Lt. Col. Phillips from Afghanistan
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| | publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
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| | author=Lt. Col [[Gordon Phillips]] and State Department Representative [[Shawn Waddoups]]
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| | quote=As far as the second question about roads to connect to the Ring Road, we have recently received approval to build -- or to make asphalt roads that connect four of the important district centers here in Nangarhar to Highway 1, which is the main road that runs from Towr Kham gate, the border crossing point with -- between Afghanistan and Pakistan and runs into Kabul and connects with the Ring Road.
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| American forces staff the nearby [[Towr Kham Fire Base]].<ref name=DefendAmerica20060526>
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| | title='Fighting Deuce' MPs Patrol Afghan Mountains
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| | author=Sgt. [[Matt Summers]]
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