KHYBER PASS

The famous (and infamous) Khyber Pass that runs between Pakistan and Afghanistan has seen virtually every conqueror and loser in history pass through it. LRRP’s World recently received a report that noted that one of the PMCs (private military company) working the area and trying to train the local border guards were having quite a time at it. The local guards (Pashtun tribe) can knock down — we are told — upwards of $40,000 a month (not a misprint) each, by simply ignoring the ebb and flow of people (refugees), arms, etc., between the two countries. When US checkpoints are set up on the Afghanistan side, the traffic - 900-trucks on average transit per day - merely wait the Americans out.