Broghol

Mountain passes in Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Broghol or Broghol Pass ( also Broghil or Boroghil ) has a peak height of 3798 m. He crossed the Hindu Kush and connects the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north with the Chitral district of Pakistan in the south. Around the area of the pass live Wakhi and Kyrgyz. Since this pass overcomes a snowy altitude, it is closed about three months of the year due to snow and temperatures around -40 ° C and nine months only passable by vehicles.

The Chitral district is accessible only by four mountain passes, or by Kunartal of Afghanistan. The other passes are the Dorah Pass, leading into the Wakhan corridor to Afghanistan, the Lovari Pass and the Shandur Pass, which leads to Gilgit in Pakistan. In the spring of 2010, the 8.6 km long Lovari tunnel to be completed, which then provides a weather connection.

It is believed that Marco Polo overcame the Broghol pass on his trip to China. The pass plays in the comedy Spies Like Us ( German: Spies like us) a role where his name Dan Aykroyd overcomes on a yak. In addition, he is in the books The Gilgit Game ( German: The game of Gilgit ) by John Keay in 1985 and in The Kafirs of the Hindukush ( German: The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush ) by Sir George Scott Robertson from 1896 before.