Shagai (Pakistan)

Shagai is a region in Pakistan in a local administration of a Federally Administered Tribal Area, just south of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The place is located about 93 kilometers from Islamabad.

In Shagai is also a Fort ▼ 34.01722222222271.28, erected by the British in 1927 and overlooks the Khyber Pass. It was also the accommodation for the Khyber Rifles, a paramilitary force of border guards in Pakistan, which are part of the armed forces of Pakistan.

In the years 2002/2003 discussed Ahmed Khadr and Abdul Hadi al Iraqi actions in the area of Shagai.

In the wider vicinity of the place of the prehistoric site of Taxila, the Buddhist monastery Takht -i - Bahi and the ruins are the city Sahra -i - Bahlol