There are few railways in the world that can claim the romance and symbolism of the Khyber Pass Railway (KPR) that follows the contours of the Khyber Pass as it cuts through the Safed Koh Mountains.

Khyber Pass Rd has reopened after a gas leak in Auckland’s Newmarket prompted evacuations and a major emergency services response. Vector said Fire and Emergency New Zealand closed the road and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rescue workers and people gather after trucks loaded with supplies were trapped in a landslide on the road close to the Torkham ...

We begin with two images. The first is a chart of crude oil going back about six weeks. The second is a picture of refined crude going up in flames Wednesday. That is a convoy of NATO tankers bound ...

The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion By Paddy Docherty Faber £17.99, 288 pages FT bookshop price: £14.39 The Khyber Pass is the harshest of landscapes: barren and dry, drained of colour, ...

Bulldozers rolled down the lanes of Khyber Pass in Civil Lines tearing down illegally constructed double-storey brick and mortar houses as the Land and Development Office (L&DO) continued a demolition ...

Emergency services are attending a gas main leak in Auckland’s Newmarket after a line was damaged during earthworks in the area this morning.

Our cabbie pulled up at the mouth of Bab-e-Khyber — the much photographed gateway to the Khyber Agency — which is one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal regions of Pakistan. A small bazaar is abuzz ...

A gas main has been struck on one of Auckland’s busiest roads in Newmarket for the second time in a week. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson told the Herald they received a report of a gas ...

LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan -- Taking turns before government officials, angry Pashtun tribal leaders criticized the security forces for raiding their homes. The civilian officials in Pakistan’s northwestern ...

In Landi Kotal, a peculiar legacy of colonialism lingers with a banyan tree that has been chained since 1898. Legend tells of British officer James Squid, allegedly inebriated, mistaking the tree's ...

For at least two millennia, this route through the Hindu Kush mountains separating Pakistan from Afghanistan has been one of the world's most important routes for trade and invasion. Last week, ...