Broghil Pass
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| Broghil Pass | |
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| کوتل بروغیل (Dari) | |
| File:Mountain passes of Afghanistan2.png Mountain passes of Afghanistan | |
| Elevation | 3,798 m (12,461 ft) |
| Location | Afghanistan-Pakistan border |
| Range | Hindu Kush |
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Broghil Pass (Khowar: بروغل ان; Urdu: درۂ بروغل) is a high mountain pass crossing the Hindu Kush mountain range along the Pakistan–Afghanistan Border, connecting Upper Chitral District of Pakistan with Wakhan District of Afghanistan. It is at an elevation of 3,798 m (12,461 ft).
Sarhad Broghil is the nearest town in Afghanistan from the pass.[1] The road is being improved as of early 2025.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Although the ultimate etymology is uncertain, Broghil is suggested to have been derived from two Khowar words, baṛa (lit. high) and gol (lit. valley) or guṛ (lit. ravine), translating into high valley or ravine.[3] A tributary of Wakhan River flows across Broghil, forming a narrow ravine.[4] Broghil is a relatively low pass. It was closed for about three months each winter because of snow, but for much of the rest of the year it was passable even for cart traffic.
It is one of the four major mountain passes entering Chitral District; the others are the Dorah Pass from Badakshan Province of Afghanistan, Shandur Top from Gilgit, and Lowari Top from Upper Dir District.
European migration
[edit | edit source]According to the National Geographic Genographic Project, Broghol Pass appears to be the route used by the ancestors of all modern Western Europeans to reach Europe. Modern Europeans carrying the M45 genetic marker crossed Broghol and then turned west; M45 further mutated to become M173 and then M343, which is carried by 70% of the population of England.[5]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]- The 1985 comedy movie Spies Like Us depicts Dan Aykroyd crossing the Broghol Pass on a mountain yak.
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- The Gilgit Game by John Keay (1985) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Kafirs of the Hindukush (1896) Sir George Scott Robertson
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